MinnesnowtaBrew
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Cleaning SUCKS! That's all I wanted to say 💩🍻
kombat said:75% of good brewing is cleaning. It's the most important part of the process!
I wouldn't say I "enjoy" the cleaning, but at the end of the brew day, I put on some headphones and music, roll up my sleeves, and spend an hour or so scrubbing and rinsing everything. It's much better to do it the same day than to let everything harden and dry on, and try to come back days later and clean everything. Plus, it's rewarding to look around at the end of the day and see a fresh batch in the fermenter, and all your brewing gear sparkling clean, ready to brew again another day.
The best thing to do is keep up with it as you go. Makes it easier at the end. I've got a good system down so that after I stick the airlock on, I only have to clean my stock pots and the stove.....
But those are pretty annoying as well!
I always tell people, "It's a janitor job where the only real benefit is you get to drink when you're finished"
I clean my vessels really well during and after every session. I use the hot water from the out-side of the immersion chiller to fill the HLT and then the MLT and ultimately pump it through to the boil kettle. It's all the fittings and valves that are the pain. Lately I've been using compressed air to blow most of the liquid out of my pumps after running PBW through them.
Get your wife/girlfriend involve. Mine helps me a lot and mostly with cleaning.
yes, because women LOVE cleaning. That's what they live for.
Brewing is hard work and much of the physical work is cleaning mashtuns, washing equipment, and shoveling grain. That's why probrewers wear rubber boots.
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