Oops, classic mistake!

[gregblatz]

Well, have you ever had one of those moments where you weren't really paying attention and you did something stupid?

When I finish cleaning out my kegs, I pour in around 32oz of starsan, shake it up and let it sit until I have something to keg. So the other day I forgot to dump out that 32oz of starsan and kegged on top of it.

It should be carbonated and ready to sample today but should I be concerned about any health risks?

Anyone else do something like this? Any chance that it won't really affect the taste of the beer?

Thanks for your input.

 

[lebshiff21]

Isn't 32oz of starsan waaaaay too much?

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

The active ingredients in Star San are some of the ingredients in soda.

A quart will water down your beer a bit, but should be OK.

I guess...

 

[weirdboy]

You mean 32oz of pure starsan, or 32oz of a solution of water and starsan?

 

[gregblatz]

Yeah, I mean solution, not straight starsan!

 

[OntarioBeerKegs]

Just serve it to your friends, what they don't know won't hurt them.

 

[snail]

I was BMBFing some bottles for a competition and used a spray bottle of star san to sanitize them. I stupidly forgot to dump the sanitizer in one of them before filling it up. I finally realized what I did and it tasted like $hit. That was only an oz. or 2 in about 12 oz. of beer.

 

[KUbrew]

Been there

 

[gregblatz]

Ouch! Same exact thing huh?
So I sampled it and it tastes nasty. Good thing I brewed 10 gal.
Thanks

 

[Rick500]

A quart of StarSan solution in 5 gallons of beer will be pretty much like a quart of water in 5gallons of beer. Still 95% beer. It should be fine.

It won't hurt you, but it watered down your beer a little bit.

(edit: Just saw that you said it didn't taste good. Bummer! )