Bobcatbrewing42
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I've been brewing for 8 years and used star san most of the time. I've had no problems. When I mixed it with tap water is was clear with bit of foam, and would foam when shaken. Their website says it is still good after it gets cloudy from usage. Before the last two brews, I noticed that the star san mixture, instantly clouded up in a clean glass container. I wondered what was up but used it. When I kegged my last beer (British golden ale) it is so cloudy that it looks like cornstarch is in it. It's only been a few days but I usually get pretty good clarity by then. The beer looked and tasted great when I kegged it. I suspect my city water. I mixed 3 batches of star san w tap, soft and R.O. water. The tap water looks like milk. The other two are clear. I crushed a campden tablet and put a tiny bit into the cloudy star san....Voila!- it cleared right up. I tried the same experiment in a glass of the cloudy beer but no immediate result. Has anyone experienced this? Would adding a bit of campden do any good in the keg? We have very hard water that varies seasonally. Sometimes it smells of chlorine.