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Friday 25 April 2014

Why The Wine Making Sanitizer

By Essie Osborn


The process of making wine is very interesting. It is possible when an individual is in company of friends who are interested in his/her product. It makes you stand out from the rest with the knowledge of processing wine. Persons with this kind of knowledge are given identity. Discussing the wine making procedure and ingredients happen when friends meet to drink. The ingredients used in this process are; a variety of grapes, yeast and malo-lactic. The one most important procedure to this process is usually put aside. The wine making sanitizer is the particular procedure of cleaning the fermentors using particular chemicals.

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.

In the process of sanitizing, chemicals are used and in our case we focus on home winemakers. The information given in this article describes the best chemicals to be used, disadvantages and advantages of them and being informative to individuals whose hobby lies in this field.

Sanitization is the process of using chemicals to clean the equipments used in fermenting. The chemicals prevent the existence of spoilage organisms. These organisms are; molds as well as bacteria which if left untreated can cause harm to persons using the product. Cleaning should first take place before thinking of sanitizing. All this is done to remove residues which are visible.

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.

A combination of the two methods is the ideal bet as time used to wait the chemical clean is reduced and also the much scrubbing is no more. The equipment can be soaked for about 20 minutes as a cleaning solution is added. Thereafter, slight scrubbing is required to ensure all the residues are done away with.

Advancement in technology has led to better cleaning chemicals being introduced. These include; peracarbonates. They are a mixture of hydrogen peroxide together with sodium carbonate. Some secret ingredients are added that make this chemical better than others in the market. The dirt do not withstand the strength of this particular chemical as it is removed. In the case of sanitation, hydrogen peroxide works fine. The advantage brought by this treatment is that it is 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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