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#157969 - 02/08/10 10:53 AM Bottling with Star San Question
TonyK Newbie Registered: 08/21/09 Posts: 5 Loc: Western Maryland	I tried bottling using Star San for the first time yesterday. I sanitized the bottles with Star San. A lot of foam remained in the bottles. I found, that when I filled the bottles with the beer from the fermenter. The foam came to the top of the then half filled bottle and spilled out. I went back to finish the session with One Step sanitizer. Thanks for your attention. I would invite input. Good Brewing TonyK _________________________ Thanks for your attention. Tony Karl
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#157981 - 02/08/10 11:27 AM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: TonyK]
bpgreen Sr. Mr Beer Fan Registered: 05/18/09 Posts: 349	Don't fear the foam. If there's enough left to spill out, I wipe it up. The foam doesn't hurt anything, just looks a little scary.
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#157982 - 02/08/10 11:30 AM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: bpgreen]
D Rock ~ BOTM ~ MR. BEERerER.... "Brewing Machine" Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 04/07/08 Posts: 9102 Loc: Boulder, Co	Originally Posted By: bpgreen Don't fear the foam. +1 It can be hard to ignore, but having pushed foam out of a couple of thousand bottles with beer, I can report that there is nothing to fear. _________________________ D Rock The PipeLine: PRIME #166 Bengal Tiger IPA MB PRIME #165 Rescue Us APA AG PRIME #164 Green Bullet Red AG PRIME #163 Uncensored Ale AG CARB: #162 Celabeertion Ale AG CARB: #161 DTB Smoked Porter AG CARB: #160 WCPA/PE MB CARB: #159 DTB Rye IPA AG COND: #158 Green Bullet Requiem Porter AG COND: #157 Chutes Pale Ale AG COND: #156 Hop Cleanse Amber AG COND: #155 Dub's Bub's Robust porter DRINK #154 Quandary APA AG DRINK #153 MS IBTY'S Oatmeal Stout AG DRINK #152 West Coast Red AG II DRINK #151 Whistle Stop Pale AG DRINK #150 Bill Town Honey Wheat DRINK #148 Censored II ~Oops~ AG DRINK #147 Buddha Pale AG DRINK #145 Red Ball Express AG DRINK #144 Trans-Atlantic IPA AG DRINK #143 DTB APA AG DRINK #141 West Coast Red AG DRINK #140 SomeIPA DRINK #139 Grande Comore African Amber Ale AG DRINK #137 Colorado Export99/ AG DRINK #136 DTB ESB AG DRINK #135 DTB SNPA C AG DRINK #134 1st Stop Maris APA AG DRINK #133 D Train Censored AG DRINK #132 Mai Tyre AG DRINK #130 No Coast American IPA AG DRINK #129 Bassas da India African Amber AG DRINK #128 1stStopAPA AG
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#157983 - 02/08/10 11:30 AM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: TonyK]
Herb Meowing Keep On Brewin' Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 03/14/09 Posts: 4733 Loc: 37°N / 77°W	I use SS to sanitize my bottles...too. After the initial treatment...a lot of foam remains. I let them sit about 15" then pour out what I can. When bottling...they'll fill about 3/4 before the foam bubbles out the top. I go on the the next bottle and the next...then come back to the 1st where much of the foam has settled. Some have reported they just let it foam-over and keep going until the bottle is full. _________________________ Homebrewing will get you through times of no money... Better than money will get you through times of no homebrewing.
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#157984 - 02/08/10 11:30 AM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: bpgreen]
psuchunk03 "It Has Big Taste" Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 01/01/10 Posts: 2207 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA	+10000000 !! DON'T FEAR THE FOAM! I use Star San, too. No worries about it spilling. Just wipe it up. That being said, I do turn my bottles upside down to drain any Star San liquid out of the bottles before filling (and to keep track of which bottles I've filled), but the foam is ok. _________________________ "Only a fool learns from his mistakes; a wise man learns from the mistakes of others." - Otto von Bismarck Fermenting: Carbing: Conditioning: #10 WoodChunk's Apple Cherry Cider Drinking: #9 Yuengling Clone v2.0 #8 'Blue Moon' (First all extract) #7 Oktoberfest (First grain steep!) #6 Ma-Ma-Ma-My Corona! On Deck (...eventually): Hefeweizen, Scottish Ale, Fat Tire clone
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#158055 - 02/08/10 07:21 PM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: psuchunk03]
Dane Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 01/14/09 Posts: 2841 Loc: North Carolina	In my typical bottling session I go through and dunk my bottles in Star San solution until they are about 1/4 full. I pull them out of the bucket shaking and put them in a rack upside down to let the foam drain. By the time I'm done sanitizing, the first bottles are mostly foam free. If I am doing a quick bottle or two they are often quite full of foam. It is rather messy but I just fill the bottle and let the foam errupt out the top while keeping my eye on the liquid level. When the liquid is to the proper level I go ahead and cap. Then after I've filled all my bottles they go into the shower for a quick rinse to clean the outside of the bottles. _________________________ Hops I'm growing: Nugget, Magnum, Cascade, Sterling and Northern Brewer 2010 hops season 29oz dried & packed so far
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#158084 - 02/09/10 03:33 AM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: Dane]
Fermento Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 09/14/08 Posts: 1038 Loc: West TX USA	Agree the foam can be a hassle. But StarSan is probably the most effective sanitizer out there. And the foam is part of the reason. _________________________ "I'm going to be around until the Atomic Energy Commission finds a safe place to bury my liver". ~Phil Harris FERMENTING: AHS West Coast Pale Ale (round 2) CARBONATING: Barely Amber Ale CONDITIONING/GUZZLING: Muddpup Porter Apfelwein 3 Sparkling Idgit Ale AHS Black Ale RIP: West Coast Pale Ale, Shillelagh Stout, Blonde Bimbo Ale, AD IPA plus DME, Zimple Ale 1, Zimple Ale 2,Zimpel Ale 3, Zimpel Ale 4, AHS Texas Blonde, AHS WCPA,Cooper's IPA
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#158155 - 02/09/10 03:11 PM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: Fermento]
Druce Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 1683 Loc: Aurora, CO	Seriously, listen to the above. Don't. Fear. The foam. And, when the foam spills out onto the counter and you wipe it up, you can later mention to your wife/girlfriend that you sanitized the counter today. _________________________ “Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today." --Edgar Allan Poe “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”--Edgar Allan Poe I wonder which one he said first? www.josephpaulhaines.com RIP: Mac 'n Jack clone, Smash Mouth American Red, Honey Widgen APA, Smash Mouth Imperial Red, Gryffyn Perch Brown.. On Tap: Wild Rose Red, Irish Lass Pale Red,Mizz Kitty's Pale Ale, Gryffyn Peak Bitter Conditioning: Secondary: Primary: On Deck: Dragon's Draught, Holiday 2010 Ale (to be bottled.)
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#158248 - 02/10/10 06:57 AM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: Druce]
N2B Computer Room Brewer Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 03/25/08 Posts: 2151 Loc: Casper, Wyoming	To minimize the amount of foam, don't shake the bottles, roll them instead. Or you can do what I do, and like Herb said, just fill them all the way with SS, let them sit 30 sec and dump. _________________________ "Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!" – Martin Luther Fermenting: Mirror Pond clone 1 and 2 On Tap: Strong Bitter English Pale Ale and Mirror Pond Clone Drinking: What's on tap and an Australian style lager Conditioning / Lagering: Nothing On Deck: Don't Know. An IPA
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#158257 - 02/10/10 08:19 AM Re: Bottling with Star San Question [Re: N2B]
Herb Meowing Keep On Brewin' Ultimate Mr Beer Fan Registered: 03/14/09 Posts: 4733 Loc: 37°N / 77°W	'Rolling' and 'not shaking' is a great suggestion which will now be a part of my process. _________________________ Homebrewing will get you through times of no money... Better than money will get you through times of no homebrewing.
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