Sterilizing Help Please!

[Matthbrew]

How do?
My problem is that I can see dust landing in my very clean sink filled with my submersed (in sterilized solution) plastic beer bottles. Maybe I'm just being too cautious, I don't know. I've looked at previous posts on here but nothing seems to be specific enough.

I'm using "Milton" (no rinse needed aparantly)... But would it do any harm to rinse the bottles afterwards? If so, can I use water straight from the tap?

I plan on buying a keg soon for secondary fermentation but I have a batch that could do with being bottled tonight or tomorrow.

Any help will be massively appreciated.

P.s I do not own a dishwasher.

 

[critty]

A bit of dust landing on the survace shouldn't hurt I would think. If it was a huge build up then sure I would rinse.

 

[Matthbrew]

A bit of dust landing on the survace shouldn't hurt I would think. If it was a huge build up then sure I would rinse.

Thank you. Will the bottles stay sterilized if i use tap water rather than boiled water to rinse them?

 

[Dieseljockey]

You'll never know what's in the dust, so no need to get worried over it just rinse and bottle. Starsan is good. :thumb: and I use water from the tap.

 

[Muddydisco]

Firstly where did you get the info that Milton is no rinse?? Milton is very much a rinse out when brewing and bottling steriliser. A good hot rinse will remove the milton residues. Milton is sodium hypochlorite, hypochlorite reacts with the phenolic compounds from the hops to form TCP a medical taste you don't want in your homebrew!!!

If you want true non rinse sterlisers look in here for ideas and much cheaper too!!

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=23192

 

[Matthbrew]

You'll never know what's in the dust, so no need to get worried over it just rinse and bottle. Starsan is good. :thumb: and I use water from the tap.

That'll do for me. Thank you.

 

[critty]

Best not to think about what goes into dust too much lol. I use youngs sanistiser and I give everything a good soak, scrub with a bottle brush, then a good rinse with cold water. Even when I did my own gluehwine, using a bottle of wine and herbs, I did this and never had any issues :)

 

[Matthbrew]

Firstly where did you get the info that Milton is no rinse?? Milton is very much a rinse out when brewing and bottling steriliser. A good hot rinse will remove the milton residues. Milton is sodium hypochlorite, hypochlorite reacts with the phenolic compounds from the hops to form TCP a medical taste you don't want in your homebrew!!!

If you want true non rinse sterlisers look in here for ideas and much cheaper too!!

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=23192

Milton says "Do Not Rinse" on the back of it. Thanks dearly for the link.

 

[Matthbrew]

Best not to think about what goes into dust too much lol. I use youngs sanistiser and I give everything a good soak, scrub with a bottle brush, then a good rinse with cold water. Even when I did my own gluehwine, using a bottle of wine and herbs, I did this and never had any issues :)

Thanks. I need a bottle brush. This is only my second brew. For my first brew the bottles came sterilized/clean, I sterilized them again anyway. But it wasn't so sunny that day so I didn't see any dust .

 

[Easy Peasie]

Matthbrew
I use wilko's own steriliser (much cheaper than Milton) when bottling I have a big tub and manage to get 40 od bottles in it which I feel sterilises the whole bottle, I then rinse them out in cold water rather than hot and have never had any problems with any tcp tastes, although I sterilise all my fermenters with Youngs steriliser/cleaner.

 

[pittsy]

As above , miltons says do not rinse for baby feeding not for home brewing btw i used it once too , and using brushes are good but this should be done as a pre wash do not use brushes as a sterilise wash (germs etc in brush) But the best is defo something like star san so much easier no rinse wanted/needed

 

[Dieseljockey]

But the best is defo something like star san so much easier no rinse wanted/needed

:clap: :clap: just what I said Pittsy :thumb: