Sanitizing bottles with Star San

[Bru]

I was thinking of rinsing with plain water and then using a spray bottle for a couple of squirts of Star San per bottle and then leaving the bottles upside down to drain.
Or using my I/C pump to pump Star San into each bottle and then draining.
What does everyone else do ?

 

[Jaybird]

Yep a spray bottle works killer. Drain, but do not let dry. Star San is a "wet top" sanatizer. you want it to be wet when your beer hits it.
Cheers
Jay

 

[Bru]

Cool.
How long does mixed Star San last (sealed container of course) ?

 

[BargainFittings]

Use RO or distilled water and the starsan will stay good indefinitely if you are not adding any organics (soils) to it.

 

[sea2summit3]

I've kept mine for a month in a sealed carboy, (using tap water) and still tested good with pH strips. If you can get enough Star San in the bottle to coat all surfaces, then a pray bottled works fine. I usually submerge mine so that a few table spoons worth flows in. then shake and empty.

 

[rico567]

My Star San lasts for three or four uses. Then it clouds up, and I toss it. For sanitizing, I use a vinator / sulfiter. This is a pump, original purpose was to spray sulfite solution up into wine bottles. Used with Star San on beer bottles = best sanitizing method I've encountered. About $15, I got mine from Midwest.

 

[bradsul]

My Star San lasts for three or four uses. Then it clouds up, and I toss it. For sanitizing, I use a vinator / sulfiter. This is a pump, original purpose was to spray sulfite solution up into wine bottles. Used with Star San on beer bottles = best sanitizing method I've encountered. About $15, I got mine from Midwest.

+1 to starsan & vinator combination!

 

[rca]

+1 to starsan & vinator combination!

another vote for the starsan & vinator combination!

 

[Buffman]

I use a variation of this:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/almost-automated-bottle-sanitizer-pics-video-125881/

I added a third upright. My 5-year-old and I can sanitize 50 bottles in less than 15 minutes. Fun to make, fun to use, efficient, and fast! I use StarSan - it gets a little foamy by the time I'm finished, but it all stays in the container.

 

[Bru]

Thats cool - Im going to make one - thanks !

 

[PSmurf78]

I fill up one of my square coolers with about 4g of stan san mix, run the bottles through a cycle in the dishwasher, open it, dunk the bottles in starsan, soak for 30 sec to a min, and the place back in the dishwasher upside down to drain. I think flip, fill and cap.