New to star san

[beer gut]

Hi all I got my first bottle of star san today and I mixed up Morrison own bottled water and it's gone slightly cloudy, I am confused because on one website it says that if it goes cloudy it fine but on other sites it says it's knackered who do I believe because sanitation is paramount in brewing. I Don't own a ph meter or papers. It has gone frothy in the 5 litre bottle which from what I have read it's a good sign.

[Andy]

Cloudy is not a good sign.

Tesco Ashbeck still water works well with Starsan. 1.6ml of Starsan per litre of water.

[beer gut]

Thanx Dan. I will just Chuck out.

[Will12283]

If its cloudy it should be fine to use then but don't store it, just make up enough for that time. I buy deionized water (the stuff for the car battery).

[beer gut]

Yeah I am going buy some tomorrow from halfords. If I had of known I would have bought some today rather than the bottle water. I still think it's better than chlorine based sanitizer.

[Andy]

Tesco Ashbeck 5L is £1.10, Halfords deionized 5L is £2.99.

Small potatoes really but if you want to save a couple of quid...

[GAZ9053]

I use water from a dehumidifier and it stays clear till I've used it all.

[Will12283]

Tesco Ashbeck 5L is £1.10, Halfords deionized 5L is £2.99.

Small potatoes really but if you want to save a couple of quid...

Sadly I can't find Ashbeck in the local welsh tesco's (I even work I'm one of them), and the alternating welsh water is no good with star San.
It's a small price to pay for something you can use

[beer gut]

Well my good lads and lasses I have my de-ionized water so my star san should be fine. I will let you know.

[beer gut]

Well I am converted too star san I mixed up half a litre of star san with the car battery water and it stayed clear no clouding at all. So I sterilized my conditioning jar and it foamed up lovely. I love this stuff and what's better no rinsing.

[joeskidmore]

Sorry for being late for this one. I've recently picked up some Star San and some de-ionised water from Halfords.

If I wanted to mix the whole 2.5l of water with Star San what would be the correct ratio? Is it 1.6ml to 1l giving a total of 4ml to 2.5l?

[Andy]

Sorry for being late for this one. I've recently picked up some Star San and some de-ionised water from Halfords.

If I wanted to mix the whole 2.5l of water with Star San what would be the correct ratio? Is it 1.6ml to 1l giving a total of 4ml to 2.5l?

Yup.

[joeskidmore]

Yay!