Re: I keep StarSan around for a year...

Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:26 am

markmier wrote:I keep a corny keg full of Star-San around. I've used the same keg for over a year now, the pH is ~2.7, and I have yet (knock on wood) to have an infection. Sometime I probably will throw it out and make a new 5-gal just due to paranoia, but 1 year on 1 oz (?) of starsan concentrate makes for a pretty economical sanitizer.


Just an FYI. I had a "hiking/work-out" shirt from LL Bean, made from some space age fiber, and I spilled concentrated StarSan on it, and it lightened the color and made a permanent mark. So, if you are not already, wear cotton while brewing.
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Re: I keep StarSan around for a year...

Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:30 pm

mfischer2 wrote:wear cotton while brewing.


Oh crap. I thought I was supposed to brew wearing only an orange wool hat. No wonder the neighbors look at me funny. Boy, is MY face red!
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Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:19 pm

Maybe not just your face! :P
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Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:34 pm

Im sure mine will last longer butI keep mine for 1 batch - brew through bottling.. Then I remix the next brew.. However I do sometimes go 2 batches.. Just depends...
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