Keeping Star San

[kh54s10]

Lucky you!

I noticed when I let the Starsan sit longer (say, a month or more) it becomes crystal clear as the precipitate collects on the bottom. There's a short period within that month (after ~1 week) where it becomes weirdly slick, but that slickness disappears after another week or so. Maybe more agents precipitate out, leaving a solution of mere phosphoric acid behind. It still seems to sanitize well I never found anything growing in it. I've become less frugal with Starsan after buying a gallon jug of concentrate last year. Only used about 12 ounces of it so far.

WOW! I guess you are less frugal with it. I am still on my original 16 ounce bottle that I bought in the summer of 2011!!!

 

[rbkohn]

I mix mine in a gallon glass jug that previously held apple cider and a 32oz spray bottle. I don't worry about the cloudiness, I check the ph before I use it if it's been sitting for awhile.

 

[dcbw]

And then a house centipede sneaks into the bucket and it gets all cloudy but you can't tell if it was the water or time or what and then you're fishing around for a stopper and you pull up a slimy gray shrimp thing and throw up a little in your mouth and dump the bucket and make another.

Repeat forever.

 

[leftcontact]

And then a house centipede sneaks into the bucket and it gets all cloudy but you can't tell if it was the water or time or what and then you're fishing around for a stopper and you pull up a slimy gray shrimp thing and throw up a little in your mouth and dump the bucket and make another.

Repeat forever.

Oddly specific, but will keep an eye out for centipedes.

 

[Bradlo]

I store mixed starsan in the plastic LME bottles. Those things are pretty handy, I also use them as ice packs for cooling wort and maintaining fermentation temp.

 

[suzuki98]

how do you check the ph of star san?

 

[ChefRex]

how do you check the ph of star san?

With a PH meter