Milton?

[strange-steve]

Relax Chippy, it was a joke.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Relax Chippy, it was a joke.

That it may have been (sometimes its difficult to tell without the ) but it is a subject that is discussed endlessly and often and when a new member asks if its safe to use and people say no it boils my ****.

 

[Buffers brewery]

Just been reading this thread.

Star San 1.5ml per Litre
Another disinfectant based on phosphoric acid which again doesn't need rinsing, this product is diluted with water and may be sprayed on items or just used as a rinse. The solution may be re-used as long as the pH stays below about 3.0. Not suitable for dilution with hard water as the alkalinity will partly neutralise the acid causing it to be ineffective. Precautions, use goggles and rubber gloves when handling the concentrated product.

Silly question.....I have very hard mains water here..

I add CRS to my water to adjust the pH for brewing. If I did that to my sanitising water (add CRS) could I use Star San?

 

[strange-steve]

That it may have been (sometimes its difficult to tell without the ) but it is a subject that is discussed endlessly and often and when a new member asks if its safe to use and people say no it boils my ****.

I thought the context in relation to the Paradise Lost reference made it obvious but I'll be sure to use smilies in future to avoid the boiling of any ****

 

[Chippy_Tea]

but I'll be sure to use smilies in future to avoid the boiling of any ****

You know it makes sense.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I thought the context in relation to the Paradise Lost reference made it obvious

To be honest i didn't get it and didn't google, i now do.

When Milton began Paradise Lost in 1658, he was in mourning. It was a year of public and private grief, marked by the deaths of his second wife, memorialised in his beautiful Sonnet 23, and of England’s Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, which precipitated the gradual disintegration of the republic. Paradise Lost is an attempt to make sense of a fallen world: to “justify the ways of God to men”, and no doubt to Milton himself.

 

[Drunkula]

I add CRS to my water to adjust the pH for brewing. If I did that to my sanitising water (add CRS) could I use Star San?

I tried that the other day and the star san still went cloudy. I gave it plenty of stirring and standing time. The pH is definitely low enough to be in the effective range, though. I collect rain water for star san and store it in pop bottles. Then it stays perfectly clear.

If you're making beer star san will save so much time and because of its reusability will end up being cheaper than the Milton as bleach solutions have a day of use.

 

[strange-steve]

I tried that the other day and the star san still went cloudy. I gave it plenty of stirring and standing time. The pH is definitely low enough to be in the effective range, though. I collect rain water for star san and store it in pop bottles. Then it stays perfectly clear.

If you're making beer star san will save so much time and because of its reusability will end up being cheaper than the Milton as bleach solutions have a day of use.

I believe the cloudiness is due to a reaction with calcium rather than the alkalinity, but as long as the pH is sufficiently low it's likely not a problem.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I definitely feel the need to rinse as it smells so bleachy. Also I can’t imagine feeding a baby using bottles sanitised with this stuff without rinsing, even though that’s what it’s made for.

 

[Buffers brewery]

I definitely feel the need to rinse as it smells so bleachy. Also I can’t imagine feeding a baby using bottles sanitised with this stuff without rinsing, even though that’s what it’s made for.

My kids survived . They're all in their 40's now with their own kids!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

My kids survived . They're all in their 40's now with their own kids!

Mine is in his 20s and it doesn't seem to have done any harm to him.

One of our members drank a bit a couple of years ago to test the taste theory (in a thread like this one) and said he couldn't taste it, i bottled it a bit and dipped my finger in some and licked it with the same result.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Thanks everyone for your input. Bottom line then is that it’s ok to use. Rinse or no rinse.

 

[Rodcx500z]

I do not rinse, so yes