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the major drama is with moisture, not oxygen,

Thanks, this is the sort of information I need, will concentrate more on drying containers and absorbing moisture .
Regards

Know it sounds a little girly but grab the missus hair dryer :wink: , give it a blast, wrap in plastic bags and store......all good :)
Are you suggesting that my air drying routine is not adequate and all I need is an extra boost before stacking away? Is this all that is needed to prevent mould ...

Gday mate.
Firstly do you clean with any products, or just rinse and sanitise?

I wash (well, seriously rinse) and sanitise with whatever is available at the moment. At the moment that is COPPERTUN No rinse steriliser. Don't have a lot of choice in this, I have to use whatever the local shop is ...

Gotta problem with utensils and gear. Stuff comes out about once every six weeks and the shed changes into a spirit making frenzy ending up with about seven litres of whisky which is enough to keep me going for another six weeks! Afterwards everything is washed with a steriliser mixture, dried out ...

I've been aking spirits for a few years using Dextrose as bought from the shops. Recently as prices went up I decided to save money by using sugar, about one third of the price. Done a couple of runs but only tried one bottle which was excellent. (rest is still maturing). I was quite surprised to ...