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The Brülosophy Podcast

Brewing Sanitizers: Star San & Iodophor

The Brülosophy Podcast

Marshall Schott

Brew, Brewing, Science, Beer, Leisure, Hobbies

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Good sanitization is key to producing quality beer, and two of the most common sanitizers used by homebrewers are Star San and Iodophor. In this episode, contributor Cade Jobe joins Marshall to chat about these popular sanitizers as well as the results of an xBmt on the topic. The Brülosophy Podcast is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Relevant Article | Star San vs. Iodophor xBmt

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you would have asked me five years ago with the on-trend brewing thing would be in 2021,

0:04.4

I would have guessed something with the letters IP&A.

0:07.6

And I would have been wrong.

0:08.8

Laugh all you want, but a hard celtzer is here to stay.

0:11.3

An imperial yeast, new seasonal strain, W-O-4 paramount,

0:14.9

can help brewers get the most out of their water fermentations.

0:18.0

A clean and aggressive fermenter paramount will produce an excellent celtzer

0:22.1

with low fusel alcohols, plus it's gluten-free.

0:24.8

If you tried making celtzer with standard ale or logger strains, you know the struggle.

0:28.6

An imperial yeast is here to help with W-O-4 paramount.

0:31.9

Learn more about this novel strain at imperialyeast.com and pick up your W-O-4 paramount before it's too late.

0:48.4

Of the several things that can ruin beer, contamination by wild yeast and bacteria is one of the

0:53.2

worst, as it can lead to a number of undesirable off-flavors and usually results in a dumped

0:59.1

batch. This is the Bruloscopy podcast. I'm your host, Marshall Schaden.

1:01.8

Joining me on this episode to discuss brewery sanitation is contributor Kate Jo.

1:06.4

You know, this one is a very popular listener-requested experiment, right?

1:12.1

How many emails have you gotten about comparing star-san and iota 4x?

1:16.0

I know I got several, and it's really, people don't usually email me about experiment ideas,

1:22.0

so I can only imagine how many you got, too, but this one was popular.

1:25.2

And one that I was sort of embarrassed about performing because I had some, you know,

1:29.7

sort of expectations about how it would go, but it was a fun one, and I'm glad we ultimately

1:34.8

ended up doing it. Yeah, you're right. I've been getting emails from listeners,

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