Beer Forum

I picked up one of these recently, but I'm not confident in its use yet:
http://morebeer.com/view_product/15682/ ... r_Injector

If I use Star San at the normal concentration, is it enough to sanitize an already-cleaned bottle with a quick spray, then leaving it upside-down either on a rack or something similar?

Star San states that it needs a contact time of 1:00 minute to sanitize, but it seems like that might be covered by everything left over in the bottle.

I've always used my original big plastic bucket fermentor as my bottle-sanitizer (I just submerge about a case of bottles in it at a time).

The Sanitizer Injector seems like a great solution to make the bottling process faster, but I'm still wary of destroying an entire batch by doing a poor job of sanitizing.

Anyone have experience using the Sanitizer Injector?

That's what I'm using without problems. After a while, there's too much foam but that's the only problem.

Once done, I'm using that to dry my bottles:
http://morebeer.com/view_product/15677//Rotating_Bottle_Tree_45_Bottle

The foam will count towards your contact time. A few sprays and you'll probably be fine, you could soak then spray if you want. When I bottle off the keg, I hit the bottles with a few sprays and let them drain into a six-pack holder (upside down). Good luck!

Thanks much. I have enough confidence that I'll at least give it a try on a batch. I'll probably try it on a "Leftovers" batch (making a beer out of extra grain) in case it doesn't work out.