Joe,

I have aleways used bleach as a sanitiser & in concentrations much stronger
than you describe.
I always thoroughly rinse everything that has been in contact with bleach
solution in either hot water (we have low cost hot water thanks to a highly
efficient solar water heater) or in filtered cold water which has passed
through our underbench system (0.5 micron particle filter then over
activated charcoal).
The free flowing hot water suits me best because the flow rate is higher.
However I do not normally bother to use the bleach sanitiser method on my
bottles, perhaps an occasional bottle which I think looks dirty or where I
can see a hint of a ringmark mark inside the top.
My bottles are thoroughly washed within 12 hours of use in the hot water &
allowed to dry upside down in my bottle rack which is normally left outside
in the sun for anything up to 3 or 4 days. My theory is that the Queensland
sun is strong enough to sanitise anything.
This works & I have never had any individual bottle taste off.
I used to occasionally get off flavours in my beer , but that was many years
ago, & whilst I never positively found the cause I believe it developed
during the brewing phase. My techniques are tighter & somewhat different
these days - no problems ever.
Except I am still chasing that elusive Heinecken taste & frankly I am still
miles away.

Pete


"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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