I got this Christmas tree holder today at the local King Soopers for 90% off retail. So I have a ghetto fab carboy dryer and Christmas Tree stand for the low low price of 1.84. It hold both 5 and 6 gallon carboys.
That looks a lot like my cheap and ghetto fabulous anti-tip co2 stand!
If you dry them you dont have to sanitize them after each use, you can just clean them. It saves you time, belive me. You only need to sanitize before each use, not before and after.
I use a milk crate.
I belive that drying does make a huge difference, when was the last time something bone dry molded on you?
Ive sotred a carboy wet once, and It got hella nasty. Ive stored a carboy dry without sanitizing 50+ times and never has one gotten nasty on me.
Couldn't clean the bird **** off?
What has worked best for me is to clean and then put a couple cups of star-san in the carboy, shake it around a bit and put the cap/stopper on. Right before I pump into it from the boil kettle I will shake the sanitizer around again to cover all surfaces and dump it out. This way it always stays as sanitary as possible, and I don't have to dry it.
My carboys seem to dry standing upright. I just soak with Oxi-clean, rinse and set on the floor in my basement. Next day it's dry. Am I doing something wrong?
This has been my practice for 2 years. No issues to date.
Linc
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