![]() If your sanitizer spray bottle is over 32 ounces, it’ll likely be unwieldy and tough to use in smaller spaces. Buy a bottle of a manageable size – If you have a bottle that’s under 16 ounces, you’ll be making sanitizer solution all the time.If you’re sanitizing the inside neck of a flask or something else that’s narrow (like if you were making a yeast starter), a big spray is just messy. If you’re sanitizing something large, a broad spray is helpful. Having the ability to adjust the size of that mist/fan will come in handy depending on what you’re sanitizing. Buy a bottle with an adjustable spray valve – You will almost always use your sanitizer spray bottle in a misting or fan mode.Splurge the extra buck or two for one that’s really well made. Buy a sturdy bottle – This bottle will get used frequently.You don’t want to mix chemicals (sanitizer and whatever used to be in that bottle) nor do you want to spray whatever residual chemicals are in there now onto your brewing gear. If you don’t have a spray bottle with water in it that you want to re-purpose, buy a new one. Buy a new bottle – You can reuse a bottle you currently have if and only if, it’s only been used for plain water in the past.You’ll use it for sanitizing all sorts of things. ![]() My sanitizer bottle – Keeping sanitizer in a spray bottle is an indispensable tool in the brewhouse. ![]() Since it’s the item above that serves as the core piece of equipment, I highly recommend that your spray bottle meet a few criteria. Measuring spoons (1/8 tsp and/or 1/4 tsp) ( OXO Good Grips Measuring Spoons).Whether you’re spraying your brewing spoon before using it to displace the heat in your wort while it chills or you’re spraying your thermometer before checking the temperature of your rehydrating dry yeast, you will always need sanitizer handy and making a full batch of sanitizer is often unnecessary, wasteful, and expensive.Īs you might imagine, making a spray bottle of sanitizer is an easy task. The easiest and most economical way I’ve found to do that is to keep a spray bottle of sanitizer around for just such an occasion. So naturally, one of the things you’ll find yourself doing all the time as a homebrewer is sanitizing something to keep your wort/beer from getting infected. As you probably know, anything that touches your wort or beer after the wort has been boiled must be sanitized.
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