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Here at thebrewshop we believe in keeping it clean...

Cleaners and Sterilisers

We'd suggest that for everyday homebrew use you just buy the Ritchie Steriliser, for both wine and beer.

It;s cheap easy and doesn't give off fumes.

They use to go mad about cleaning in all the old books. It is important but as long as the bits that touch your wine and beer are clean it's ok!

There is also the new boy, Chemipro Oxi- It's a new steriliser for the home brew market.

It says it cleans with oxygen and doesn't need rinsing off. We like it!

Ritchie Steriliser and Cleaner

Richies Cleaner and Steriliser-This tends to be the one we use.

Chlorine based must be rinsed off. Doesn't give off fumes like metabisulphite does.

It's double the strength it used to be which means it goes a lot further if you're careful.

The 500g makes 500 litres of sterilising soloution

The 100g makes 100 litres of sterilising soloution

VWP Cleaner Steriliser

VWP Cleaner steriliser from Clean Tabs Ltd

It's another cleaner/steriliser. Some people prefer it to the Ritchies steriliser. It smells like mild bleach and is very good. Says on the packet it cleans everything from china to the net curtains. I think that means the items not the distance.

The 400g makes 120 gallons of steriliser, the 100g makes 30 gallons.

Chemipro Oxi 1 kg

Uses oxygen to sterilise, lots of beermakers prefer it

We've been using it and find it very good! It cleans the grill pan up a treat!

Chemipro OXI is supplied as a crystalline, water soluble substance and is a compound of sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide. It dissolves into water rapidly to release oxygen and provides powerful cleaning, bleaching, stain removal and de-odourising capabilities.

Sodium Metabisulphite 100 g tub

It gives off sulpher dioxide and can trigger asthma attacks so we don't use it any more.

We keep it in stock as it is a good steriliser and lots of people prefer it.

Doesn't need rinsing off.

Sodium Metabisulphite 500 g

A big tub of Sodium Metabisulphite. It's in a resealable tub.

WE don't use metabisulphite anymore. We prefer the other sterilisers. It gives off very unpleasant fumes and can trigger asthma attacks. The only advantage is that you don't have to rinse it off. If your water is unhealthy you don't want to use it for rinsing but water in the UK is so good it's not an issue.

Phosphoric Acid 75% 250ml

Used for yeast washing, speciality stuff.