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Hi, I'm Mark on behalf of Expert Village. In this next segment we'll be discussing some
of the sanitizers you can use to start to kill the microbes on your equipment. Next
I'm going to cover two non-rinse sanitizers and cleansers. First, we have One Step which
will help breakup bio-matter and also sanitize where you don't have to rinse. You can use
that at a rate of one tablespoon per gallon. You also have Five Star which you can use
at a rate of one ounce per five gallons and this will help sanitize your equipment. Finally,
we have Iodophor. You can use this at a rate of one tablespoon per five gallons. It is
a very effective and cheap sanitizer. At this point in the brewing process, you need to
clean all of your equipment. But in particular, you need to sanitize, which is the extra level
of cleaning. Your primary fermenter, and if you've gone with a glass carboy, you need
to sanitize your filter as well as your airlock, your rubber stoppers, and anything else that
will be touching the beer after it has gone cold. Later in the brewing process, you'll
need to sanitize all of your racking equipment as well as your bottles, your bottling bucket
and anything else that will be touching the beer after it has cooled. Whatever you choose
for your cleanser and your sanitizer, I recommend filling up a bucket with it so you can dip
all of your equipment in there as needed.