Thought it would be good to get a thread going about cleaning techniques for their brewing process. And, I was wondering how others do it.
I'm pretty anal and I pull apart every fitting and valve on my system after running oxyclean through my system, and scrub each fitting with a tooth brush and the oxyclean solution. Then drop in a bucket filled with iodophor solution while I finish cleaning.
Then I dump them all in a collander and rinse. Spread them out on a towel to air dry.
I know many people just do the oxyclean recirc and rinse water recirc. And don't tear apart the whole system. It certainly would take less time, but those that do that method, have you ever gotten infections?
Do you ever get build up in your herms/rims tubes? Or plate/counter flow chillers? I'd love to have a pipe cleaner type tool to scrub/feed through those tough to reach places.
I know some of this has been covered in other posts, but I haven't yet found a thread that is all inclusive. If their is please refer, if not let's discuss this important topic.
I'm pretty anal and I pull apart every fitting and valve on my system after running oxyclean through my system, and scrub each fitting with a tooth brush and the oxyclean solution. Then drop in a bucket filled with iodophor solution while I finish cleaning.
Then I dump them all in a collander and rinse. Spread them out on a towel to air dry.
I know many people just do the oxyclean recirc and rinse water recirc. And don't tear apart the whole system. It certainly would take less time, but those that do that method, have you ever gotten infections?
Do you ever get build up in your herms/rims tubes? Or plate/counter flow chillers? I'd love to have a pipe cleaner type tool to scrub/feed through those tough to reach places.
I know some of this has been covered in other posts, but I haven't yet found a thread that is all inclusive. If their is please refer, if not let's discuss this important topic.