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    StarSan cloudy after 1 day in bottled water

    Thanks very much for this! Just bought 80 strips of PH paper, hopefully it'll be easy enough to read, 3 and 4 look very similar.. What if it's 3.5 or something? How would I tell?
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    StarSan cloudy after 1 day in bottled water

    Ugh yeah it says mineral water on the bottle -.- Thanks for clearing this up. Do you think it would still be alright to reuse at least once more? Or do the minerals really mess up the StarSan? I have heard that tap water stored StarSan can still stay clear for a short while
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    StarSan cloudy after 1 day in bottled water

    Hey there, I have bought a large 5 litre shop bought bottle of water and I heard that this should keep my StarSan(ChemSan) from going cloudy for a while after using it. I mixed 10ml of StarSan into the 5 litres of water (as instructed on the bottle and from videos on youtube) I then used my...
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    Only StarSan for cleaning?

    Thanks for the help, what do you soak your fermenters in though? Just water? and how hot does the water need to be? I have only made 1 batch of beer and then rinsed with warm water all the equipment used (got all the sediment out). Would it be alright to just use StarSan for my next brew?
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    Only StarSan for cleaning?

    Good to know! Would VWP be okay as a replacement for PBW with the same scrub and rinse method? Apparently it uses chlorine.. Not sure what would be the best way to rinse that out completely, definitely don't want chlorine infected beer. I'm hearing alot of bad things about VWP so I'm not sure I...
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    Only StarSan for cleaning?

    Would VWP be okay? And how should I soak the 25 litre fermenter overnight? I am very confused because I see a lot of professional homebrewers only using StarSan to clean their equipment
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    Only StarSan for cleaning?

    I did rinse all the gunk off everything with warm water after using everything and I can't see anymore gunk on any of the equipment, do you think it would be fine to just use StarSan after doing this?
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    Only StarSan for cleaning?

    Hi very quick question. I have some VWP steriliser and some ChemSan (StarSan). When cleaning my equipment can I only use the ChemSan? Or do I need to first use the steriliser? What's the point of sterilising (VWP) when sanitising (ChemSan) is easier? Thanks
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    Only StarSan(ChemSan)? and how should I use it?

    I have watched many videos on youtube on how to use StarSan (ChemSan) but I am still quite confused.. I would really appreciate if someone would tell me EXACTLY what to do so that I don't mess anything up. For example sometimes I see people draining the bubbles, sometimes they don't. I'm...
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    Yeah I put the right amount of carbonation drops in the bottles before tightening them up. That's what I do but sadly I have to waste a lot of beer doing that, if I did that with every bottle I'd only have 30 pints instead of 40 as mentioned on the kit
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    Oh wow, do you have a recipe for that?
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    You've made some very good points! I guess all is fine then :) I'll be buying my next few kits tonight seeing that this one worked out okay. The taste is pretty good but not as good as commercial beer sadly and it does taste a bit yeasty also, even when flushing the bottom quarter of the...
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    I just found this video: and mine looks exactly like that after my 3 weeks also. As you can see, the head is very fizzy and not very foamy and the foam fades very quickly. If you watch the coopers instructional video it has a proper foam head however after 3 weeks, must be fake. (mine is the...
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    I'm actually not sure to be honest :( I threw away the packagings and I can't seem to find it online
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    Sadly it can't be that because I only rinsed my bottles (as the instruction told me if they were brand new out the box which they were) so no soap or star san or anything. Ah okay, I followed the instructions and it told me to leave it in the fermenter for 7 days.. if that's where my problem...
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    That's interesting, thanks for the tip. I'm confused why commercial beers will have the head but just not homebrew beers using the same glass
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    How do I check the levels of CO2? When I saw other people make the beer kit online, I did exactly what they did (even got the exact same gravity levels) and there's had foam when they poured it after 3 weeks. Even on the coopers advert
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    Yes plastic bottles and yes they are very firm, wouldn't be able to squeeze them at all. They are 750ml cooper bottles and I used coopers carbonation drops, using 2 drops per bottle (per 750ml) as suggested by them.
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    So it's more of a fizzy head rather than a normal foam head if you know what I mean
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    No foam after 3 weeks in bottle

    I did a carbonation test by turning the bottle upside down and quickly turning it back up again and I just get a very fizzy head which fades after 5 to 10 seconds
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