Star San in keg

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j_oracle

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Does anyone know if a couple of cups of properly diluted Star San sanitizer left in a 5 gallon batch of kegged beer is bad?

I could not taste it versus the straight beer when transfering and found out I forgot to drain the solution. Would you pitch it or it is okay? :confused:
 
If there was only a few cups of the diluted solution left, you're quite all right.

The stuff is pretty safe in diluted form, just don't drink it straight :cross:
 
I always leave a little starsan in my kegs after cleaning. I also leave them pressurized. When I'm ready to use the keg I attach a party tap and drain it. If there isn't enough pressure left to expell all of the starsan, I need to replace gaskets. I probably always have a little starsan in my ales. Doesn't seem to hurt.

Another good reason to not use bleach!
 
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