After cleaning out a keg, I filled it with Star San and flushed it out with CO2, to sanitize the keg and then purge the oxygen (similar to the method @drewbage described on one of his podcasts). I was draining the keg to a 5 gallon kettle when I got distracted by an incoming email. Eventually my brain disengaged from the email to hear the air flushing into the kettle of StarSan, which has foamed over the brim, spilling and spreading across my cellar floor. Too bad I didn't clean the floor with PBW first.
Confused here. Do you like PBW or not? But PBW and Oxiclean are not that same thing. PBW is designed for brewing. Similar to soda ash or caustic. In all honesty if you want to save money buy original Cascade dishwasher detergent. This is way closer to what you need to use. Just like Easy Clean, One Step, B-Brite a large portion of homebrewers think these are sanitizer. They are not. They are however a decent light duty cleaner. But not a replacement for the real thing since they do nothing to beer stone.
Definitely yes. (Thus the footnote.) I agree. PBW works much better for me. PBW costs more, but this is a hobby, not a business, so I don't mind.
I hear you on cost. I made a cleaner with a pond pump that uses about a gallon to clean several kegs/carboys. Saves me time and money.
