spiffystump76
Active Member
So I am getting into mead and wine making, I've done some mashes before and was not very thorough about sanitization and never had any issues. I was not to worried about it because the brew was going to be distilled but I would wash the tools and fermenting container with hot water and dawn dish soap. Could I just do the same with my mead supplies? Could I just use hot water and dawn dish soap? I am looking at a bottle of Star san acid sanitizer and a plastic container of five star PBW, I am guessing the five star PBW is a powder I need to mix with water, do I need both or do they both work the same? Do I wanna rinse the tools after soaking them in these sanitizer products or is it ok to just drip dry them and use them? will it add any off flavors or affect the yeast if I do not rinse the chemical off? Also what is the best way to label your jugs? I know using tap leaves a sticky film that is hard to remove and it holds bacteria, is there a type of marker I could use to just write on the jug and that will wash off east to be rewritten on?