jkpq45

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As much as I love supporting my LHBS, I'd prefer to get a deal on some Star-San.

Any input?

double_e5

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Seriously...how much are you thinking of buying? That stuff goes a LONG way.

GilaMinumBeer

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1 Ounce in 5 Gallons of Reverse Osmosis or distilled water lasts me well over a year through the of a spray bottle and or reclamation. At that rate, a 32 ounce bottle will last me 32 years as long as the chemical has the shelf stability for it.

I pretty much consider that as bulk but, you can special order 5 Star products in bulk containers. IIRC, the largest container you can get is a 1 gallon jug but they ship from the manufacturer in a case of 4.

I was able to get Acid #5 from a wholesaler (using my FEIN) at $9 a gallon case price but, I had to pay a hazard shipment fee too.

jkpq45

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I've been using no-rinse and the 1-lb bag's been lasting a few batches. I'm not sure how much farther Star-San would go.

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Mid-Country Malt has a 55 gallon drum of Star-san for $1532. Think that would be enough? If that's too much they also have 15, 5, 4, and 1 gallon sizes

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What do you mean "1-lb bag"? The Star-san I have came in a 32oz bottle. As mentioned that should last you quite a while (though I mix up buckets full). Mine will probably last me 2-5 years.

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$10 bucks for the 16 oz size.

1oz in 5 gallons. my last batch lasted me 8 brews. It would have lasted me longer but I didn't know in the beginning I could reuse it!

So, if I say 15 batches of beer, sanitized kegs, fittings, carboys, spray bottle fills, ect, per batch of starsan, then:
15 x 16 = 240 batches of beer, give or take.

I only brewed 8 batches last year, so that's about 30 years of brewing.

All for $10, or $.04 per batch.

I don't really need to store another gallon jug, either.

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FYI: there is a group buy going on for the ChiTown locals HERE it works out to be $30 a gallon if we get a case

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Is this onestep you are talking about? For one thing starsans a liquid. And it is re-useable. Onestep and most other dry sanitizers (though technically One-step is not fda approved as a sanitizer btw) are not re-usable. With Starsan or Iodophor and RO water you can store it for a long time. Many of use store a small amount in a spray bottle.

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I am quite wasteful with my star san(usually discard after use) and I have barely gone through half a 32fl. oz bottle in one year.

I'm seriously going to start saving and reusing from now on.

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