How to Sanitize Homebrew and Wine Equipment - Star San - Sanitation Made Easy - Is Star San Safe?

Star San is the best sanitizer on the market. In this video I will show you how to sanitize your homebrew and wine making equipment with Star San sanitizer. Just follow the directions on the Star San label and this product is very safe for sanitizing your kitchen, bathroom and all your homebrew equipment. We will debunk the rinse vs no rinse and what you should do when sanitizing your equipment with Star San.

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[MarcusRobertsonTwo]

Your humility to admit you were wrong is very refreshing! Thanks for this video.

[RedKryptonitelEl_]

Thank you! I had my own doubt and had no idea how to properly apply (I thought I should rinse after) very helpful!

[avs]

Just found your channel a couple days ago and have been watching a lot of the other fruit wine videos. They are excellent - thanks for taking the time and sharing your tips

[TL-rf]

I use it diluted correctly should last 4 to 8 weeks in a sealed spray bottle out of sunlight 1.2 to 1.25 ml per 32 ounce spray bottle then add enough distilled H2O to fill the spray bottle. I don't rinse just let the foam bubbles drip out after 10 to 15 minutes. It does contain acidic phosphates to kill bacteria and other microbes. If you are phosphate sensitive could react with you.

[Blueskies-he]

Finally a video on how to use Starsan 👍👍

[ryanpoulos]

One tip I personally have is you should put your water in first when titrating chemicals. Even if starsan is relatively harmless when mixed you should always try to prevent splashing back solutions when working with chemicals. Other than that I did get some info out of this. Thank you!

[albertresendez]

Thank you for these videos they have helped me move to the next level.😃

[TheBloggeroftheBall]

Good show! I read somewhere that diluted Star San has a shelf life of 2-3 weeks. I don’t know if this is true, however I made a 5 gallon batch before reading that and will never come close to using that much in that amount of time. Guess I’ll have super sanitized kitchen and baths for a couple weeks.

[cannamason]

You should ONLY rinse it off if you aren't planning on using the equipment immediately and if that is the case you should be using something else.... It says right on the instructions "DO NOT RINSE".... This is because the StarSan is meant to be a protective shield against microbials in the short period that the equipment/container remains wet.

[mickeypetersen]

Perfect video but i have a very important question for you.
Is star san HB the same ? Its still made from five star but it says to use water afterwards and let dry. Plz plz plz i need to know because its compleatly impossible to get the star san you have in the video where i live.

[honkeytonkjohnnygumbo]

After you sanitize, how do you keep it sanitary until you use it? Can fermenter bucket and carboys simply be covered after sanitizing? How long does it stay sanitary? Thank you

[evanwalsh]

Just getting ready for my first attempt at wine making. I note you are sanitizing your carboy's etc. Given initial fermentation is about 2 weeks, are you sanitizing again before racking, or this sanitization two weeks before racking is sufficient? Just want to confirm

[mikef]

I will subscribe....one question, after making wine, I rinse everything with hot water and plan to sanitize with starsan and put equipment away. Then when I make wine again I will starsan everything first and make wine. Is this enough cleaning with the hot water rinse? What do you do? Thanks.

[ammerudgrenda]

I mix a small amount in a spray bottle.
Last me for 2 weeks.

[StoneyardVineyards]

Cheers friend we just subscribed after finding your video, we love to home brew beer, grow hops, make mead and wines, on our channel .stay thirsty .

[kreynolds]

According to Star San's material safty data sheet (MSDS) says 50% of the product is "phosphoric acid 75% concentrate added to solution". I'm guessing which when further mixed to manufacture recommendation (1 ounce to 5 gallons) is probably about as safe as the food grade phosphoric acid that's added to Coca-Cola to make it tart tasting, but it still slowly erodes the enamle off our teath. The GHS-US classifies phosphoric acid as skin corrosive 1b which is fairly low.

But, the MSDS also says 15% of star san is dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid. It is added to make star san foam, but the GHS-US classifications for this ingredient are: accute oral toxicity level 4, low 1a skin corrosion, and aquatic acute level 2. It seems this chemical isn't very stable and may break down from photolysys, minerals in tap water, and too high of ph.

The very very very thin film of diluted star san is safe when used appropriately to sanitize equipment and left to dry. And while i'll drink a can of Coca-Cola, I would STRONGLY recomend NEVER drinking star san even if it is diluted to 1oz star san per 5 gallons of water. But that's just my opinion.

[LeonardPrada]

Good video, thanks. (FYI as many YouTube videos half the video is about what he will talk about in the video so just skip to 4:50)

[dannyzwolf]

Dose mixed sanitizer keep with a lid on? And if so, how long?

[rachelcargill]

What do you use to label your bottled wine & what do you use to remove labels when ready to reuse bottles?

[NCReb]

How long will it last once mixed, hours days weeks? Regards from NC