Trouble with bleach is its designed to cling to your u-bend...... Much
better to use one made for the job that rinses easier.

"Joe Murphy" <spamthis@spam.com> wrote in message
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> I've been doing the bleach solution (1 tablespoon per gallon of warm
> water) since I started brewing and I have never had an infected beer. So
> in terms of sanitation, that seems to be working fine.
>
> What I do think I am getting are off flavors from the bleach.
>
> Here is my procedure:
> I sanitize my carboys for 30-40 minutes with this solution and then rinse
> it out with cold water and allow to drip dry on my carboy stand on top of
> a clean kitchen towel.
>
> I use the same solution to sanitize my bottles using a pump spray
> attachment to my bottle tree. Three squirts and I let the bottles drip
> dry. These are NOT rinsed, though and when I am ready to fill, I just
> shake out any residual sanitizer from the bottle and then fill em up.
> Should I be rinsing out my bottles, too?
>
> What do you use to sanitize?
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