Stevesmirk
Active Member
I use Starsan as my preferred sanitizer, and have had great success with it, not losing one batch to infection since I switched to it. For Christmas, I received a nice growler with a flip top and red rubber gasket. I thoroughly cleaned it, and thought that storing starsan solution in it would mean that when I was ready to fill it, all I would need to do is give it a good shake, and it would be clean and sanitized, ready to accept beer. A couple of months had passed since filling it with starsan solution, and to my surprise, the rubber gasket and flip top was covered in what looked like mold. Was I naive to think that a clean growler filled with a sanitizer would mean that nothing would be growing in it?!?!