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Sorry nosmatt, I had the wrong units listed it should be ug/l :eek: Max allowable = 30ug/l my water = 4.1ug/l Phew, you had me worried there! Ren

Hey JonP- I think that these data should ease your mind rather than get you worried. What the test showed was that Star San which becomes instantly cloudy in tap water still should retain it's sanitizing power, because the pH stays below 3 for quite some time. Regarding mixing up of a fresh...

Runhard- That's a very good idea! I'll give it a go next chance I get. My water is well water that has no treatment or filtration whatsoever. What I get out of the tap is what Mother nature put in the ground - and it has a beautiful taste. In response to Jersh- No, unfortunately I don't...

Wow, thanks for the lightning fast responses. All systems are "go" for Brew-Day Tomorrow! Thanks, Ren :mug:

FYI A few people on this forum expressed interest in my StarSan cloudiness concern a few days ago and I wanted them to know that I posted my lab results on the Equipment/Sanitization forum earlier this evening. You'll find the answer there. Cheers, Ren

Hi Guys' Tomorrow I am planning to start my 4th batch in my food-grade plastic bucket (primary fermenter). After each successive batch the plastic has retained more and more "beer smell". While it's not an unpleasant smell, I'm afraid it will impart off flavors to my next batch. I wash...

Hi Folks, I performed this quick study to reassure myself and others who might be in the same situation using Star San. I found that when I mixed up Star San at the rate of 0.5 oz per 2.5 gallons in my tap water it became cloudy instantly. Normally cloudiness indicates that your Star San is...

Hi Folks- I looked over my water analysis to see if something stood out WRT causing the StarSan cloudiness...but nothing does to me. Here are some of my test results (with max allowable concentration in parenthesis) pH 6.6 (6.5-8.5) SU Chloride 53 (250) mg/L total hardness 114 (*)...

I also listened to StarSan's inventor on that podcast and he mentioned the correlation between cloudiness and loss of sanitization capacity - so it got me a little worried. I do have access to a pH meter, so I'll mix up a batch and check the pH over time to see if the cloudiness correlates to a...

Hi Guys, I just started using StarSan today and I noticed that the StarSan solution becomes noticeably cloudy in just a few minutes and very cloudy in about 15 minutes. I mixed the StarSan at a rate of 1/2 oz StarSan per 2.5 gallons of cold tap water My tap water is well water, no...

This post is best classified as one of those "I just had to tell SOMEONE who understands" :) kind of posts... I bottled my first batch of home brew (an Amber Ale, utilizing LME and steeping grains) last night. I have got to say that my basement has NEVER smelled that good before! I ended up...

Hi everyone. I've been lurking here for a while and reading furiously - great stuff here! I've got my first batch (a simple Amber Ale) in secondary right now and will be bottling in about a week or so. I've learned a lot from reading the threads and because of what I've read I'll be...