M maida7 Well-Known Member Joined Nov 10, 2009 Messages 2,826 Reaction score 53 Location Asheville, NC Jan 10, 2010 #1 Can you sanitize them with san star? Or is the boiling a must do?
Revvy Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc HBT Supporter Joined Dec 11, 2007 Messages 41,288 Reaction score 3,775 Location "Detroitish" Michigan Jan 10, 2010 #2 Very few folks these days boil their caps, the plastic gasket inside of modern caps would be ruined. I soak mine in my favorite sanitizer. WHat I usually do is drop 54 caps into my vinator bowl since it is full of sanitizer on bottling day.
Very few folks these days boil their caps, the plastic gasket inside of modern caps would be ruined. I soak mine in my favorite sanitizer. WHat I usually do is drop 54 caps into my vinator bowl since it is full of sanitizer on bottling day.
OP OP M maida7 Well-Known Member Joined Nov 10, 2009 Messages 2,826 Reaction score 53 Location Asheville, NC Jan 10, 2010 #3 awesome man! I'd filling off the keg with a counter pressure filler and it will be so much easier to just soak them in san star for a few minutes. Thanks for the prompt reply.
awesome man! I'd filling off the keg with a counter pressure filler and it will be so much easier to just soak them in san star for a few minutes. Thanks for the prompt reply.
TheCrackpot Well-Known Member Joined Dec 7, 2011 Messages 233 Reaction score 46 Location Findlay Dec 7, 2012 #4 Revvy said: Very few folks these days boil their caps, the plastic gasket inside of modern caps would be ruined. Click to expand... I wonder if this explains some carbonation inconsistencies I've noticed in the past? I'll never boil again! I wish I had read this earlier.
Revvy said: Very few folks these days boil their caps, the plastic gasket inside of modern caps would be ruined. Click to expand... I wonder if this explains some carbonation inconsistencies I've noticed in the past? I'll never boil again! I wish I had read this earlier.
SudsyPaul Well-Known Member Joined Nov 30, 2012 Messages 349 Reaction score 47 Location Ottawa Dec 10, 2012 #5 Dang!!! You just saved me a huge headache/screw-up!
cluckk Well-Known Member Joined Apr 26, 2005 Messages 1,600 Reaction score 368 Location San Antonio Dec 10, 2012 #6 I use the oxygen absorbing caps, giving me one more reason not to boil. I simply soak them in star san or Iodophor. They do need to be sanitized, but boiling is not needed.
I use the oxygen absorbing caps, giving me one more reason not to boil. I simply soak them in star san or Iodophor. They do need to be sanitized, but boiling is not needed.