I’ll post this here so others can learn from and laugh at this mistake.
I’ve been fighting infections and off flavors in some of my beers pretty regularly for some time and I think today I had an epiphany.
I owned a homebrew store from 2000-2004. When I closed my store I kept just a few things for myself. Among them were multiple 32 oz containers of Star San, which I have been using up over the years and I still have one or two full ones left.
Yeah, I closed my store in 2004. So these containers of unmixed Star San are now almost 19 years old. 5 Star recommends replacing bottles that are *2* years old.
I’ve been going crazy trying to track this down. I can’t find a date anywhere on these, but I know where they came from and I haven’t bought any since.
The stuff I have has seemed normal, foaming and all, but I’m guessing this has probably been my problem the whole time. I’m going to have to get some fresh stuff.
I guess we can put this in the “don’t do that” department. Don’t use bottles of Star San that are between 17 and 19 years old.
Argh
I’ve been fighting infections and off flavors in some of my beers pretty regularly for some time and I think today I had an epiphany.
I owned a homebrew store from 2000-2004. When I closed my store I kept just a few things for myself. Among them were multiple 32 oz containers of Star San, which I have been using up over the years and I still have one or two full ones left.
Yeah, I closed my store in 2004. So these containers of unmixed Star San are now almost 19 years old. 5 Star recommends replacing bottles that are *2* years old.
I’ve been going crazy trying to track this down. I can’t find a date anywhere on these, but I know where they came from and I haven’t bought any since.
The stuff I have has seemed normal, foaming and all, but I’m guessing this has probably been my problem the whole time. I’m going to have to get some fresh stuff.
I guess we can put this in the “don’t do that” department. Don’t use bottles of Star San that are between 17 and 19 years old.
Argh