Sanitizing Fermenter Lid

[Razorback_Jack]

How do you all sanitize your fermenter lid before closing it up with your beer inside? This is something I always wonder but usually just wing it in the moment. Typically I just spray the underside of lid with StarSan from a bottle, right before placing over the beer and sealing the fermenter. Is that good enough, ya think? Don’t know what else to do... the lid is too large to fit in a bucket of StarSan.

 

[myndflyte]

When I sanitize the fermenter, I have about 1.5 inches of starsan in there, put the lid on and shake really hard. Lid is covered in sanitizer when I take it off, so it's good enough for me.

 

[ncbrewer]

Typically I just spray the underside of lid with StarSan from a bottle

I would have no problem with this - just make sure you get good coverage. Give it time to do its job, and you're good to go. Star San is a contact sanitizer - it doesn't have to be scrubbed.

 

[AJinJacksonville]

I used to make a five gallon bucket of sanitizer for brew days until I stumbled on the spray bottle idea. All I prep now for brew days is around 30oz or so in a spray bottle. For the fermenter lid, I spray the heck out of it while I'm letting some of the foam drop back down pre-pitch. I make sure not to let it contact anything else for a minute or two, toss the yeast in and close the top. I have not had any infections/issues that I could attribute to that process yet.

 

[NTexBrewer]

I bought a stainless steel baking rack that I place on my counter or brewing table depending if I brew inside or outside. Spray the rack with starsan and then whatever I sanitize something big I spray it down and then can put it on the rack for it to drain and get the contact time needed to sanitize it.

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[ncbrewer]

I put a gallon of star san solution in a turkey roasting pan. Small items can sit in it until needed, and larger items get star san'd with a wash cloth.