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Originally Posted by Salvelinus
Can we do a sanitizer roundup? What are you guys using.
I started with a powder called one-step but I hated the powder I got it all over the place. Last night I used some Star-san and the amount of foaming drove me nuts. I know you don't need to rinse it but I hate the idea of sanitizer in my beer. Took me 4x longer to rinse growlers than it took to fill them.
Bottled a magnum filled pale ale, brewing up a porter for winter shortly.
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Star-san is some awesome stuff.
Don't worry about the foam. I will let the left over liquid drip out using a carboy drier (or just drip dry bottles) and the foam usually stays in the carboy or whatever. I then rack right onto it and let the beer push the foam out. Never had an off taste.
That said, I do get all of the liquid out. I've heard that yeasties actually like munching on the foam.
Star-san rocks. All I use.
Besides steam heat for clean bottle sanitization.
Edit - Rinsing is actually counter-productive.