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From: petolino@chronon.UUCP (Joe Petolino)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.cooks
Subject: Re: dishwasher as sterilizer
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 17:16:31 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 17:16:31 1986
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Dishwasher detergents contain a fair amount of chlorine (like liquid bleach).
Some local homebrew beer supply stores sell little bags of something that
looks suspiciously like dishwasher detergent, labelled
'bacteriocide sterilizer'.

The chlorine together with the 140 degree H2O of a good dishwasher probably
does a good job on the organisms that can spoil beer, but I don't know if
I would trust it for more critical applications.