StarSan

When I use StarSan to sanitize all my equipment, how well should I let everything dry before using? Does it need to be completely bone dry or can I still use the equipment with some small traces of sanitizer/water. Thanks!

No worries leaving it a little wet- it is still protected then, and won't hurt beer. If it is dry, it can become contaminated.

Cool. I figured it would be okay, but didn't want to contaminate anything. Thanks!!

I never let it dry except for bottles. I always wait 60 seconds, drain and I'm ready.

Don't let anything dry. Star San is a wet sanitizer, it works while it wet not so much once it's dry.

do you have to rinse the starsan off with boiling water?

Nurmey said:

Don't let anything dry. Star San is a wet sanitizer, it works while it wet not so much once it's dry.

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It doesn't do anything once dry. It's the low pH of the solution that sanitizes, once dry there's no longer any acidity.

To OP: you may or may not want to do this, but take a taste of Star-San diluted solution. The solution, after it's diluted. I think you'll find it's.....tasteless.

You can get a little in your wort or beer and it won't do anything you would ever detect. It's neutral. Put a LOT in beer or wort, and you'll lower the pH, but don't do that.

When I am purging kegs I fill with star-san then push that out using CO2. I blow out whatever star-san is left in the keg, but it's always got residual star-san on the inside. I don't worry about it.

Do not rinse the starsan off, that would defeat its purpose

Chorgey said:

Do not rinse the starsan off, that would defeat its purpose

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Well, if you rinsed it off with boiling water, the surface would still remain sanitized. It's just not a necessary step.

does dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid break down into harmless compounds?

aussie brewer said:

does dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid break down into harmless compounds?

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It's only active under pH 3, so it's harmless to yeast in beer.