dimanche 20 avril 2014

Wine Making Sanitizer And Its Importance

By Essie Osborn


Wine production and making can be a hobby. This is as far as friends are concerned. The fact that you do something extra ordinary that most of them are not involved in, makes it impressive. An individual gains an identity through this wine making. This is a topic mostly discussed when friends meet drinking wine. The ingredients involved in this making include; malo-lactic, yeast and a variety of grapes. The one thing that does not come up in our minds when talking of making this product is wine making sanitizer. It is an integral part of this process and should be brought to light.

No one enjoys the cleaning and sanitizing as it is taken to be boring. Individuals take for granted the role played by these procedures. It is never an easy task as it may have been termed to be. However, with its importance, the procedure cannot be left out.

The use of chemicals in this case are cannot be avoided. May it be at home wine making or in industrial processing. The article is giving vital information on the importance of these used chemicals. It also sheds light on which are the best and why they should be chosen over the rest.

Generally, sanitizing is the treatment of equipment used, with a chemical in order to prevent or eliminate any growing spoilage organisms including yeasts, molds and bacteria. The equipment ought to be cleaned before sanitizing. This is because the process cannot be effective with visible residue.

There are two effective methods of cleaning equipments. The use of a cleaning solution to scrub the fermentor is used. Less time is consumed, however, an individual gets his/her elbows greased. Another way is by using chemical and water where the fermentor is soaked and waited to clean.

When the two methods are put together, they give positive results. Time consumed in waiting for the fermentor to soak and clean is reduced as little scrubbing is required. The cleaning solution is put and a period of 20 minutes is given. Once soaked, little scrubbing is done ensuring residues are removed.

There are new cleaning chemical by name percarbonates. They are a combination of hydrogen peroxide and sodium carbonate. In addition it has other secret ingredients which brings the difference with other cleaning chemicals. Their effectiveness in removing dirt from used equipment is beyond any doubt. A degree of sanitation is brought about by the hydrogen peroxide included. The percarbonates have an added point over others in that they are Eco-friendly.

Thorough cleaning of the equipments is followed by sanitizing. There is a variety of sanitizing chemicals namely; potassium metabisulfite, campden tablets as well as sodium metabisulfite and all these should be added to water to make a solution. The solution is then used to soak the equipments for around 5-30 minutes. Potassium bisulfite being a good preservative chemical is used in wines as well as cleaning bottles and corks.




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