Blow-Off Hose cleaning

Here is a good one...

I have a blow-off hose that fits into the universal 5 gallon stopper for the carboy.

I had a vigorous fermentation with a lot of foam and such come through the tube. I bottled the beer this weekend, and I was trying to clean the hose, but with no luck. I couldn't really get all the way in the middle of the tube to clean the gunk out.. So does anyone have any special methods for cleaning out the leftover scum inside a blow-off hose??

Take a large bucket (a recently used bottling bucket is my favorite). Fill said bucket with water. Add 1 scoop Oxiclean. Add all other brewery stuff that needs cleaning.

The End.

Edited: Oh, and if you're using a brush of some sort to clean your tubing, you're begging for an infection.

LOL. OK then, i'll just throw that one out and buy a new one. Thanks!

+1 to the oxyclean soak. It works wonders.

I use PBW. I love that stuff. I'm sure oxyclean works too, but I haven't tried it.

keelanfish said:

I use PBW. I love that stuff. I'm sure oxyclean works too, but I haven't tried it.

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I tried both, and found that Oxiclean works better, is cheaper, and is available at the local supermarket.

So for your cleaning process you do Oxiclean for sanitizing and then Star San (or one of the many flavors) for sterilizing?

Overnight Oxiclean soak for cleaning, Star San for sanitizing. Bingo.

Note also that sanitizing and sterilizing aren't the same thing. As a homebrewer who's not brewing in a clean room (as in a medical clean room, not to say that you kitchen isn't clean) you're never going to achieve 100% sterilization.

That sounds like a good method. I'll have to pick up some Oxiclean from the store. I thought that was only sold through ****ty infomercials, so rock on!

Make sure you're getting the Oxyclean "FREE". That's free of perfumes and dyes.

Kilted Brewer said:

Make sure you're getting the Oxyclean "FREE". That's free of perfumes and dyes.

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What he said.

Good deal... thanks for the tips!