New kettle and chiller cleaning?

[ddibbern5]

I have a brand new kettle and wort chiller that I plan to brew on tomorrow evening. What type of cleaning will be required prior to their maiden voyage?
Dish soap and scrubbing to clean manufacturing oils?
Thanks all in advance!

 

[SleepyCreekBrews]

That’s what I’d do . Dawn, and a couple rinses.
Brew on

 

[ddibbern5]

Awesome thanks! [emoji482]

 

[SleepyCreekBrews]

At risk of pointing out the obvious, I'd definitely pump some Starsan thought the chiller right before using using to boot.

 

[govner1]

I’d advise a soak in B-Brite or PBW for both , rinse well and as Sleepy Creek said a thorough rinse w/ StarSan.
What type of chiller? IC, CFC, plate?

 

[ddibbern5]

I should have been more clear... It’s a SS immersion chiller. So no starsan needed.
Thanks!

 

[Gadjobrinus]

This is probably dumb or lazy or both, but prior to first use of anything (meaning, when I do trial runs for checking operation, evaporation rate, etc.), I was just going to run a strong cleaning with hot PBW. I assembled valves, thermos, sight glasses, without washing with dish soap first. Just a rinse, because I had to do my own markings on the sight glasses as they were significantly off. Wondering if that was just dumb...

 

[govner1]

With an IC you can let it sit in a bucket of StarSan while your boil is going. Then it’ll be ready for use.

 

[brewing_clown]

If your kettle is stainless steel, then the above advice is good. If it's aluminum, you want to do a one time preboil to avoid aluminum oxides in your beer.

 

[ShutTheFermenter]

I wouldn't use dish soap on anything you brew with, it can leave behind a residue that doesnt taste very nice. I would give them both a good rinse, then a nice long soak in PBW and another good rinsing.