StillSmart

Still haven't managed to complete my spirit run with my air still due to medical problems, but today is a better day.

At the moment my low wines is still in various glass vessels which range from an old glass Roses sweet jar to a collection of jam and sauce jars. All were thoroughly cleaned before use but I now need to make the nine litres of low wines up to twelve with water so that I have three equal runs for the spirit run stage.

I'm always strict as far as sterilisation is concerned and have used Videne for a few years due to the time saving element and instant effects. The problem I have now is that my Videne Antiseptic Solution is well out of date and I need to steralise some glass demijohns to hold the low wines. I still have nearly a full bottle left but the expiry date is 08/2012.

Seeing as though its nearly 3 years out, shall I bin it or can I up the dose per litre to make it effective. TBH there isn't much smell left to it but it would be a shame to throw it if it can still be used.

I think the original dilution rate was 1 ml to a litre of water but I might be wrong. So what should I do, throw it and buy new or up the dosage amount.

Cheers

I don't see any need to sterilize anything that low wines are going into. The alcohol percentage is high enough to prevent infections. I'd just toss about 3L into the still, fill to the line with water, and run it!

Chuck

I did earlier think it might have been ok due to the high alcohol content.

Thanks for the reply Chuck, much appreciated.

I believe chill may have missed some earlier posts concerning your currrent strip from another thread,where AM proposed mixing and diluting them short term in a fermenter,to get them to a standard strength before putting in the air still.
Something that I agree would be a good idea.
Concerning sterilising,for the last few years,I use only household bleach,and then only on/in glassware new to me.
Once used by me,the rapid ferments and alcohol strengths are left to deal with it.

Robert.