Homebrewing

[Onoff]

Well I reckon this pear wine has finished fermenting! No "blipping" through the airlock at all though the level seems to be held under a little internal pressure so must be something low level going on. Maybe if I watched it for hours something might happen. The barrel is sat just inside the patio doors wrapped in a fleece and nada, nothing.

Ref the extra sugar I added on Sunday, should I have reboiled it all to dissolve? Gave it all a damn good stir. This just to recap then had two lots of yeast.

Other than that I think it's a case of racking into a couple of demijohns now.

 

[Onoff]

What sterilising solutions does everyone use for homebrewing out of choice?

Back in the day Chempro was my go to. Of late I've been using this:

I've been reading about "no rinse" steriliser?

 

[brewdexta]

What sterilising solutions does everyone use for homebrewing out of choice?

Back in the day Chempro was my go to. Of late I've been using this:

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I've been reading about "no rinse" steriliser?

I thought chempro was a sanitizer, not steriliser.

I use oxygen based stain remover without perfume from Lidl for sanitation, and Starsan no rinse steriliser, it's really good.

 

[daedalusminos]

I used VWP