The Not Particularly Scientific Star San Experiment

[Scooby]

I bought some RO water today from my local Aquatics Center Creature Comforts (Totton) for 10p per L

(a lot easier than messing around with CRS)

Cheers DaaB, there are a couple of outlets near me so will try them next week.

[Scooby]

Pick up some RO water today, 12p/l so not to bad and it didn't go cloudy.

I was wondering if I got 25l would it have a shelf life? it's a 25 mile round trip which is a bit of a waste for just a few litres. Stored cool and dark how long could I keep it?

BTW had a glug of the made up mix and it tasted very much like homemade lemonade

[Scooby]

Certainly improved the taste of this cr&p malt someone gave me at Christmas. Oh yeah the dreaded sister-in-law

[Scooby]

I got 25l RO water yesterday for £3 when I got it home and had a look there was balck bits floating around and some grit settled on the bottom. I racked it into my boiler through a fine nylon mesh leaving as much contamination behind in the container as possible. I left it to cool after a 10min boil and returned it to a clean container.

I've made up a couple of litres and it seems ok, I may add Star San to the bulk and have a ready supply.

[Scooby]

Good, Better safe than sorry DaaB

[oldtimer]

Er, scuse my igorates but what is RO water ?????

I have just bought Starsan for the first time and reading the instruction, it really does not concern brewing. So I have been reading this thread to try to learn how to use it.

I live in a hard water area so I was thinking of getting bottled water from Tesco's or somewhere.

What say you fella's, can you help an idiot. ?????????

Cheers

[Andy]

Reverse Osmosis, google it Available cheaply from aquarium shops.

I use the Tesco Ashbeck water for my Starsan and it works perfectly, I buy the 5L bottle and add 8ml of Starsan to that.

[oldtimer]

Cheers Andy

Many thanks, that all makes sense to me.

Thanks again.

[jmc]

Reverse Osmosis, google it Available cheaply from aquarium shops.

I use the Tesco Ashbeck water for my Starsan and it works perfectly, I buy the 5L bottle and add 8ml of Starsan to that.

+1 to Ashbeck. 5L bottles are handy too.

[Beer O'Clock]

I use Halfords de-ionised water.

[Skittlebrau]

I used de-ionised water I buy in 2.5l bottles from the auto section of Sainsbury's or Tesco.

[Kev888]

I use water collected in a dehumidifier, but at this time of year my supply dries up - literally. I then buy bottled water - either tesco or RO - but its annoying to have to buy it all in, when a bottle of starsan itself seems to go a long, long way with maximum convenience.

Has anyone got their own RO system? Some tropical fish enthusiasts seem to have them and I was quite tempted initially, but there seems to be different numbers of stages you can get and I've started to find veiled references to running costs - not sure how long the filters last and I'm guessing it may not be something that you can switch on for a day a month? Probably overkill, but seems worth asking.. I guess the same could be asked of a still - for distilled water, not alcohol.

Cheers
kev

[T5FAU]

I use water collected in a dehumidifier, but at this time of year my supply dries up - literally. I then buy bottled water - either tesco or RO - but its annoying to have to buy it all in, when a bottle of starsan itself seems to go a long, long way with maximum convenience.

Has anyone got their own RO system? Some tropical fish enthusiasts seem to have them and I was quite tempted initially, but there seems to be different numbers of stages you can get and I've started to find veiled references to running costs - not sure how long the filters last and I'm guessing it may not be something that you can switch on for a day a month? Probably overkill, but seems worth asking.. I guess the same could be asked of a still - for distilled water, not alcohol.

Cheers
kev

I use to work for an aquatic shop and often thought about getting my own RO system, but running costs of changing the membranes and filters meant it wasnt worth it, and they arent cheap in the first place. Although i was also swayed by having access to free RO.

I use either Tescos askbeck or Sainsburys bottled water in 5l and its works fine for Star san, stays clear for months. The bottles are also very useful for rinsing yeast

[Kev888]

running costs of changing the membranes and filters meant it wasnt worth it, and they arent cheap in the first place.

Ah, I thought that may be the case, thanks for the info.

Cheers
kev