Five Star Chemicals products at Brewshop.co.nz - RealBeer.co.nz2024-03-28T09:39:55Zhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/forum/topics/five-star-chemicals-products-at-brewshop-co-nz?feed=yes&xn_auth=noyep.. 5litre plastic bottle a…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-18:1500433:Comment:1692842013-01-18T09:08:10.568ZGrant R Bakerhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/GrantRBaker
<p>yep.. 5litre plastic bottle at Storage Box $4.95.</p>
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<p>That PBW sounds the bollocks for SS and Alloy cleaning too.</p>
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<p>yep.. 5litre plastic bottle at Storage Box $4.95.</p>
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<p>That PBW sounds the bollocks for SS and Alloy cleaning too.</p>
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<p></p> Just to be sure you could get…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-17:1500433:Comment:1692802013-01-17T19:55:39.927ZJRhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/Jared
<p>Just to be sure you could get yourself a plastic container and keep it in there. With the bonus that you then get the use of the keg for beer.</p>
<p>Just to be sure you could get yourself a plastic container and keep it in there. With the bonus that you then get the use of the keg for beer.</p> I've heard stories about Star…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-17:1500433:Comment:1693702013-01-17T08:14:42.556ZKelly Milliganhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/KellyMilligan
<p>I've heard stories about StarSan slowly eating through the stainless when held in a corny.. It sits at below 3ph to be effective afterall! IMO though, the cost of more starsan vs the cost of an extra keg just to store it? I think i'd rather just buy a 32oz bottle of starsan for $40 that will last me at least a year making fresh solutions each time D:</p>
<p>I've heard stories about StarSan slowly eating through the stainless when held in a corny.. It sits at below 3ph to be effective afterall! IMO though, the cost of more starsan vs the cost of an extra keg just to store it? I think i'd rather just buy a 32oz bottle of starsan for $40 that will last me at least a year making fresh solutions each time D:</p> I also had a few infection pr…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-17:1500433:Comment:1693662013-01-17T06:50:37.076ZDene McDonaldhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/DeneMcDonald
<p>I also had a few infection problems and switched to unscented nappy san for cleaning and StarSan for sanitising I had previously used the no rise cleaner and steriliser that home brew shops sell in sachets - BrewTec I think.</p>
<p>To sanitise all of my brewing gear I have a wallpaper <a href="http://www.haydn.co.nz/products/hardware/wallpaper/wall-paper-trough" target="_blank">trough</a> and I fill it with StarSan. I keep it beside me with all of my "tools" in it i its great as it's long…</p>
<p>I also had a few infection problems and switched to unscented nappy san for cleaning and StarSan for sanitising I had previously used the no rise cleaner and steriliser that home brew shops sell in sachets - BrewTec I think.</p>
<p>To sanitise all of my brewing gear I have a wallpaper <a href="http://www.haydn.co.nz/products/hardware/wallpaper/wall-paper-trough" target="_blank">trough</a> and I fill it with StarSan. I keep it beside me with all of my "tools" in it i its great as it's long enough to get everything in and not really deep so I don't need lots of StarSan. I also have a spray bottle with StarSan in and I spray everything including the bench top and my hands. I get it everywhere!</p>
<p>For my fermener I fill it half way with StarSan and swoosh it around making sure I get all of the surfaces covered. I also run some through the tap.</p>
<p>After fermenting I rinse out with warm water, chuck a few cap fulls of nappy san and fill with warm water. I leave for 24 hours and rinse out and store.</p>
<p>I reuse my StarSan for up to a month. I've seen a few videos on YouTube that say you can reuse it until it goes cloudy. For mixing up I just follow the instructions. The best thing about StarSan is that it is no rinse, and if I get lots of bubbles in my keg they sit on top of the beer when I'm transferring and sanitise on the way up!</p>
<p>The only worry I have is that I store it in my corny keg - does anyone know if it will do anything to the stainless steel?</p> I'm not really up on my quart…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-17:1500433:Comment:1691592013-01-17T03:06:09.268ZJRhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/Jared
<p>I'm not really up on my quarts and oz. I think I worked it out at 1.5ml per litre (same as iodophor)</p>
<p>Its pretty good value for money and if you only sanatize really clean things you can store it in a container and reuse it. </p>
<p>The PBW isnt as good a value for money (in NZ) as you have to fill up a fermentor or keg to soak it. .. I tend to use sodium percarbonate for soaking fermentors / kegs etc.. and just PBW them once in a while. I understand that PBW is about 2/3rds Sodium…</p>
<p>I'm not really up on my quarts and oz. I think I worked it out at 1.5ml per litre (same as iodophor)</p>
<p>Its pretty good value for money and if you only sanatize really clean things you can store it in a container and reuse it. </p>
<p>The PBW isnt as good a value for money (in NZ) as you have to fill up a fermentor or keg to soak it. .. I tend to use sodium percarbonate for soaking fermentors / kegs etc.. and just PBW them once in a while. I understand that PBW is about 2/3rds Sodium perc anyway.</p>
<p>As with almost anything homebrew there is a show on the brewing netowork on cleaning and sanitizing adn the 5 star guy talks about using starsan and PBW. worth a listen. </p>
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<p> </p> Cheers mate you too :)tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-17:1500433:Comment:1691572013-01-17T01:00:20.208ZKelly Milliganhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/KellyMilligan
<p>Cheers mate you too :)</p>
<p>Cheers mate you too :)</p> Sweet so maybe im not the onl…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-17:1500433:Comment:1692502013-01-17T00:55:02.891ZMark Goodinhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/MarkGoodin
<p>Sweet so maybe im not the only one who goes hard on the StarSan!</p>
<p>Might have to get some PBW in my next order too.</p>
<p>Hope all is going well Kelly, and the Brews are coming along nicely mate!</p>
<p>Sweet so maybe im not the only one who goes hard on the StarSan!</p>
<p>Might have to get some PBW in my next order too.</p>
<p>Hope all is going well Kelly, and the Brews are coming along nicely mate!</p> Same here mate, I'm not shy u…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-16:1500433:Comment:1691522013-01-16T23:43:28.424ZKelly Milliganhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/KellyMilligan
<p>Same here mate, I'm not shy using my Starsan. Fill a 20L bucket with 10L along with 15ml (1/2oz) as per dilution rate and let anything touching the beer cold side get a good foam party. Then also have the spray bottle for handy sanitizing ;)</p>
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<p>PBW is awesome too, makes such easy work of cleaning stainless and glass its outrageous. You wouldn't believe how much green gets pulled off a <em>pretty</em> clean looking kettle.. </p>
<p>Same here mate, I'm not shy using my Starsan. Fill a 20L bucket with 10L along with 15ml (1/2oz) as per dilution rate and let anything touching the beer cold side get a good foam party. Then also have the spray bottle for handy sanitizing ;)</p>
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<p>PBW is awesome too, makes such easy work of cleaning stainless and glass its outrageous. You wouldn't believe how much green gets pulled off a <em>pretty</em> clean looking kettle.. </p> On brew day, I soak all my ge…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-16:1500433:Comment:1690482013-01-16T23:19:49.820ZMark Goodinhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/MarkGoodin
<p>On brew day, I soak all my gear that will touch the beer post boil/chill...So I generally mix up a good 10Lts in a container - so thats about 1/2 oz each time. I soak my auto syphon (no tap on kettle) and a few other things. I also pour about half this into my fermenter. I shake the fermenter a few times during brewing to ensure all areas are soaked etc. Then I fill up my spray bottle and spray everything! I also mix up another spray bottle during bottling, for this I just add a small amount…</p>
<p>On brew day, I soak all my gear that will touch the beer post boil/chill...So I generally mix up a good 10Lts in a container - so thats about 1/2 oz each time. I soak my auto syphon (no tap on kettle) and a few other things. I also pour about half this into my fermenter. I shake the fermenter a few times during brewing to ensure all areas are soaked etc. Then I fill up my spray bottle and spray everything! I also mix up another spray bottle during bottling, for this I just add a small amount of Starsan.</p>
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<p>This maybe a bit of over-kill, but had a string of infections and since I have been using Starsan have not had any...so will keep doing what Im doing! So an 8oz bottle will last me about 15 brews...but I only brew once a month so more than a years supply and Im happy with the cost!</p> How is everyone using their s…tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-16:1500433:Comment:1691492013-01-16T23:07:52.972Zmattd2http://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/MattDixon
<p>How is everyone using their starsan? I'm am diluting it in a 1 quart spray bottle (about 1/20 oz of star san per bottle!). I usually use a spray bottle per batch which includes for brewday, kegging day and bottling about 1/4 of the beer from the keg. I have hardly put a dent in my 8 oz bottle and from the above it'll probably last me for 160 batchs! (or 10+ years!)</p>
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<p>How is everyone using their starsan? I'm am diluting it in a 1 quart spray bottle (about 1/20 oz of star san per bottle!). I usually use a spray bottle per batch which includes for brewday, kegging day and bottling about 1/4 of the beer from the keg. I have hardly put a dent in my 8 oz bottle and from the above it'll probably last me for 160 batchs! (or 10+ years!)</p>
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