Star San Tips, Tricks and Guidelines! + Limited Time DEAL
Updated: 5/8/2024
Star San is my homebrew sanitizer of choice. When mixed properly, it’s food safe and no rinse. Required contact time is five minutes. It has worked very well for me for quite some time and I’m convinced that it’s one of the most economical solutions available if you’re using the “Spray Bottle Method” outlined here.
Limited Time DEAL:
MoreBeer is discounting select cleaning gear and supplies by 15% as part of a Spring Cleaning Sale. Included in the mix are several sizes of PBW, Craft Meister cleaning solutions and tablets, Star San, Saniclean, BTF Iodophor, IO Star Alpet D2, LLC and BLC line cleaners, gloves, cleaning brushes and scrub pads, the Mark II Keg and Carboy Washer – review and more.
- Get Free Shipping: Shipping is free with a qualifying $59 order to many US addresses
- Some filler item ideas to help you qualify for free shipping… PBW, Sale Items (shows most popular deals first), Kit of the Week, Wine Kit of the Week, Hop Market (shows most popular deals first)
Use coupon code FBFSPRINGCLEAN to get the deal
Spring Cleaning Sale at MoreBeer!
The sale includes Star San and PBW!
- Star San at MoreBeer – 8 : 16 : 32
- PBW at MoreBeer
Cleaning, Sanitizing and… Sterilizing
The first step in sanitizing is cleaning. Cleaning and sanitizing are two separate steps. Cleaning physically removes dirt and large contaminants. After your item is physically clean it can be microscopically sanitized. Sanitization kills many (but not all) germs, bacteria and microorganisms on an already clean surface. I typically use a mixture of PBW for cleaning. Sanitizing and Sterilizing are different. Sterilizing is killing every living thing. In home brewing typically, we’re not interested in sterilizing, we’re only interested in sanitizing.