Sour Beer? Oh No!!: Sour beer and sanitation

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As per your article sanitation is a must in brewing good beer. I strongly recommend the use of iodophor sanitezers. they aren't anymore expensive to use than bleach as you need a very mild solution. The no rinse aspect is also a good safeguard against contamination. Have you ever tasted a beer woth a chlorine contamination? 1 drop of chlorine in a five gallon batch can lead to chlorophenol developement. Is your equipment getting rinsed thouroughly????? Also the minimal contact time for iodophor is a real plus, 2 minutes as opposed to fifteen. Iodophor is safe for all your brewing equipment including stainless steel, so no need for multiple santizing solutions. Do you want to simplify your bottling process? Of course you do! Iodophor along with a pump type bottle rinser and bottling tree will greatly facilitate your bottling process. (I bottle 12 gallons of homebrew start to finish in a little over 2 hours time, including cleanup.)
One further note on your article. There are no life threatening toxins developed during the brewing process. Yea, you can develope some rather nasty flavors but nothing detrimental to your health.

Don't be afraid of the dark (beer)
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-- posted by Bigtatoo