MichaelRyanSD
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How long after I sanitize my brewing equipment can I use it before its considered no longer sanitary? For example, if I sanitize my equipment in the morning, would it be fine to use late in the afternoon?
Anything after the boil....... I am pulling it out of a tub of starsan, letting it drip off for a few seconds and using it while it is still wet. For instance, I will dump the starsan out of my fermenter, and almost immediately drain my chilled wort into it.
Anything after the boil....... I am pulling it out of a tub of starsan, letting it drip off for a few seconds and using it while it is still wet. For instance, I will dump the starsan out of my fermenter, and almost immediately drain my chilled wort into it.
I'm going to add onto this question as another who would be considered the noobiest of noobs. How well does boiling cover the sanitization process?
For my specific example, my wife gave me a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas. Last night I began my first batch. I didn't do much research beforehand and just dove right into it. Anyway, things were going along swimmingly until I dumped my pre-made malt extract mix that came with the kit into my boiled water. The problem was that when I removed the can lid with the can-opener, I discarded it back into the empty malt extract can. I forgot about that detail and then noticed some remaining extract that hadn't poured out. I scraped as much of it with a sanitized spoon, forgetting that the unsanitized can lid was still in there!! Am I totally screwed with this first batch? The good news is that I transferred the extract to water that was just recently boiled and still pretty hot, so I am hoping the mixture was hot enough to kill the microbes that were on the lid. Other than that I feel pretty confident with my procedure.
my post above was intended for you... i forgot to qoute it.
No problem. I was actually referring to the boiling of water step before adding the pre-made malt extract to it to make the wort. I scraped remaining extract that was in contact with the can lid and added it to the wort. I was hoping that since it was so recently boiled, it would be OK. We'll see.
If the water was still over about 170°F, you should be ok. You'll just have to wait for the beer to finish to know for sure. At least if it doesn't work out, you'll know why, and what not to do to prevent it from happening again. Just remember every brewer makes mistakes, but we still make a lot of great beer.
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