Cleaning your counterflow

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After my last thread, I think I'll be ok with gravity, but I'm now concerned about having to clean and sanitize my counterflow chiller.

I don't have any air/co2 system, so I can't push air through it...How do I make sure that all the wort is out of it and it's clean and sanitary for the next use?
 
I don't have a CFC, but I think you could probably run a couple gallons of boiling hot water through it after you use it to clean it out.

Before you use it the next time, run some sanitizer through it.

-walker

jezter6 said:
After my last thread, I think I'll be ok with gravity, but I'm now concerned about having to clean and sanitize my counterflow chiller.

I don't have any air/co2 system, so I can't push air through it...How do I make sure that all the wort is out of it and it's clean and sanitary for the next use?
 
Walker-san said:
I don't have a CFC, but I think you could probably run a couple gallons of boiling hot water through it after you use it to clean it out.

Before you use it the next time, run some sanitizer through it.

-walker


Yup, you can also plug the ends and store it with Iodophore in it. Star-san and I believe chlorine-based sanitizers will damage the copper if stored inside.
 
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