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1. Mark Klinger says

   July 28, 2020 at 10:34 am

   Depending on what your brew kettle is made from, you’ve got to be careful with soaking your kettle in starsan. If your kettle is stainless steel or ceramic, you’re fine. But aluminum, steel (non stainless), and copper are all reactive to acid. The acidity will eat away at the metal some, also potential producing some harmful substances. Besides, your kettle is for boiling — a 60 minute boil will kill any bacteria that could possibly be in your beer. So this step seems highly unnecessary. It is certainly important to clean with something like PBW as you state. But sanitizing before boiling seems silly, and potentially dangerous if using a reactive metal kettle.

2. ashley says

   July 28, 2020 at 11:34 am

   Yep. You’re right – good point about the reactive metals and sanitizing. We brew in stainless steel, and the sanitizing protocol is for that set up. Thanks!