This is the last post of the beginner kit item review. The last items, highlighted in the picture below, are used to keep your other equipment clean.

Sanitizer

The white packet is sanitizer. Any piece of equipment that will come into contact with your brew should be sanitized* before brewing. The sanitizer in the packet is most likely in a powder form. To prepare and use the sanitizer, follow the directions on the packet.

*Sanitized is different than clean…we’ll discuss the difference in a future post. 🙂

The bottle brush is used, you guessed it, to clean the inside of your bottles. You will want to clean your bottles well to avoid contaminating your beer. I ruined a perfectly good better because I was lazy and I didn’t do a good enough job cleaning my bottles.
As I alluded to earlier, cleaning bottles and sanitizing bottles are two different things. We’ll go through each process…in an upcoming post.

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