Hiya from Northern Jersey

[KrazyScience]

Hello,
I am a new brewer, just brewed a total of 4 batches of beer so far. I have been a silent listener of the archives for the past few months, learned everything about brewing from your site (only), and finally could not resist to login and say hi. Great work guys! Enjoy every minute.

A little background... I am a research scientist (as the name indicated), doing cancer research. Lab work/sanitation/cleaning/temp control come as a scond nature to me. Too bad I spent too much time playing with mutant mice instead of yeast at grad school. Kind of regret that for now. I could've made better beer with some knowledge from yeast research...

A quick question for you guys (or Jamil?) While doing yeast rinse/washing, can we use StarSan/SaniClean in a short 30 sec contact time, then dilute quickly with sanitized clean water (5 volume)? I thought yeast should be able to withstand the quick 30 sec wash.

Keep up the good work!

[TheDarkSide]

Welcome. Please come up with a cure for cancer that involves craft beer

I wouldn't use Star San to wash the yeast. Charlie Tally said the contact time on the label is there to please the government, but 30 seconds is enough time to sanitize with star san. I believe he called it a "Stone Cold Killer". If your sanitation is good, there won't be anything in the yeast slurry that needs to be killed off anyways.