Nasty All Grain Taste

[duskb]

switch to star-san. problem solved. the stuff works great for me and tons of others.

......ok, I'll be less curt and offer a question for you guys...does iodophor have something over star-san, because it seems like star san is pretty hassle free in comparison. any comments on that?

yeah, I'd like to know too. I've been using idophor since thats what the LHBS reccomended. They had a big jug of star san the last time I was there but I saw a bunch of warning labels on it so I decided against it. I typically leave the idophor solution and my utensils in the fermenter during the cooling process (about an hour). Both the cat and the kid have been known to poke their nose into it. The star san looked serious enough that I didn't think it would work well around small kids and animals.

Either way it sound like I need to dial back on my idophor to water ratio.

 

[davesrose]

Actually, Basic Brewing has a couple podcasts that everyone should listen to. One is from the creator of Star San, the other is from a descendant of the creator of Iodophor. Don't just go by me or Forrest....go by the scientist's recommendations (which coincidentally, are the same)

Iodophor
http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr03-22-07.mp3

Star San and Bleach
http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr03-29-07.mp3

 

[Pangea]

People have been making hundreds of thousands of gallons with both Iodophor AND Starsan! Used properly it doesnt matter!

So what about the OP? Did his/her problem get solved?