*NOOB* - Help me with equipment?

[govner1]

I thought calling starsan a waste of money was a bit over the top but no worries, different strokes for different folks. If you create a starsan mixture with distilled water it will stay effective for a long time. It doesn't cost very much as only an ounce of starsan, which is about a dollar's worth, is needed to make 5 gallons of sanitizing solution.

I am curious how you use mr. clean to sanitize. I assume you have to rinse after using it? I know from previously using it that bleach must be rinsed and should not stay in contact with stainless very long to avoid pitting. These are advantages of starsan as it is no rinse and has no usage restrictions that I know of.

He's a troll!

 

[seabrew8]

I thought calling starsan a waste of money was a bit over the top but no worries, different strokes for different folks. If you create a starsan mixture with distilled water it will stay effective for a long time. It doesn't cost very much as only an ounce of starsan, which is about a dollar's worth, is needed to make 5 gallons of sanitizing solution.

I am curious how you use mr. clean to sanitize. I assume you have to rinse after using it? I know from previously using it that bleach must be rinsed and should not stay in contact with stainless very long to avoid pitting. These are advantages of starsan as it is no rinse and has no usage restrictions that I know of.

Yeah i just rinse it off - i have a short 2-3 foot hose connected to my tap. Its just a simple 30L bucket. Next time i sanitize my carboy i will just fill it with water with about a 1/2 - 1 cup of bleach and let it soak for at least a hour. Thats all i ever done. I actually use my bottle washer for my carboy sometimes to rinse it out good, awkward but works.

I just clean my stainless steel brewpot/mashtun with a basic household detergent or oxiclean/PBW. I don't think pre-boil is much to worry about for infections.

To clean all the crap out of my carboy i just push a rag down the carboy with some detergent or PBW and fill it up to maybe a gallon and swirl the rag around.

Like this - i Just use a standard dish rag.

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[seabrew8]

Just a FYI. Just a few days ago i used a glass carboy that was sitting in the fridge at around 0 deg Celsius for 5 days - i racked a batch from it 5 days prior to a keg. This carboy had a full yeast cake and all the gunk on top of the glass still on top. I didn't clean anything.

It went from 1.050 to 1.010 in 2 days and i lost a liter of beer in the blowoff demi john. It was wicked.

Double FYI: This was the first time i tried this!