jdd120
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So I use the Star San. If it kills on contact (basically)....when you use it to sanitize and there is foam leftover, how come that doesn't kill stuff in your beer?
Jus' askin'
Jus' askin'
jdd120 said:So I use the Star San. If it kills on contact (basically)....when you use it to sanitize and there is foam leftover, how come that doesn't kill stuff in your beer?
Jus' askin'
Actually, it shouldn't - yeast are quite tolerant of acidic solutions. One of the methods for effectively washing yeast is to put it in an acidic solution around PH 2 (which is more acidic than properly mixed starsan solution) which will kill bacteria in the solution and help clear out any other undesirable trub/junk.ScubaSteve said:Common sense tells me that starsan foam will kill your yeast if in direct contact....
Mr Nick said:Thank God I once raised Tropical fish for resale...and am familiar with pH. If I had not done that I might be temped to believe some of the stuff that has been shared in this thread. Both by the posters and the manufactures/suppliers.
This thread has scared the sh-t out of me...as far as using Star San is concerned... I will continue to use bleach and rinse well.
I will leave it at that...as I am not interested in explaining anything further.
Mr Nick said:Thank God I once raised Tropical fish for resale...and am familiar with pH. If I had not done that I might be temped to believe some of the stuff that has been shared in this thread. Both by the posters and the manufactures/suppliers.
This thread has scared the sh-t out of me...as far as using Star San is concerned... I will continue to use bleach and rinse well.
I will leave it at that...as I am not interested in explaining anything further.
YooperBrew said:What stuff? If you have bacteria in your beer, I guess it would kill it. It's a sanitizer, so it would kill germs and bacteria making surfaces like 99% germ free. (I don't know about the 99%, I just made that figure up, as a guess).
You shouldn't have anything in your beer that needs killing, is my thought!
Bernie Brewer said:Yeast is pretty important "stuff" that could get killed by a sanitizer. I think that's what he was getting at. But when those bubbles are diluted into 5 gallons of wort, it's probably not a worry.
Though I must say, I don't use Star-San, cuz the bubbles drive me batty. Yeah, I know, that's a short drive........
brewt00l said:Sure...throwing down some condescending comments and refusing to explain or offer corrections to misconceptions is a better route to take
I you know more/better, it would be nice to share.
Representative pH values Substance pHmr x said:Maybe you should check the pH of that bleach you are using...
Mr Nick said:There is so much stuff presented on boards like this...some of it is helpful...some is not. It is the job of the researcher to separate the wheat from the chaff. The researcher is the likes of people like you and me.
It is a few years now since I researched this issue. If I were to get any deeper into this, I would have to go back and relocate the information that led to my opinion. Quite frankly I don't have the time for that at this stage in my life. But if it is a concern to you...Please feel free to go there on your own. Better yet I would not want you to take my word for it...much more important that you form your own opinion...based on information from more knowledgeable people than I am.
If making an "I" statement is seen as throwing down some condescending comments...Then so be it. I do not see that as my problem.
Cheers.
brewt00l said:That's ok..you can just say, "I don't remember"
Exactly. Why would something having a heavy caustic pH not concern you as much as something having a strong acid presence? You can rinse the bleach all you want, I'll take the StarSan over bleach any day. StarSan would need to have an outrageous molarity to affect the pH of 6 gallons of wort. Ain't gonna happen when used as directed.Mr Nick said:Bleach
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Mr Nick said:much more important that you form your own opinion...based on information from more knowledgeable people than I am.
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