Cleaning Equipment

[Malintent]

1) Never use bleach. You have to rise it COMPLETELY or risk clorophenol off-flavors in your beer. So your equipment ends up only as clean as your tap water after rinsing, rendering the use pointless (as a sanitizer - see 3). As a cleaner, it is an elephant gun for a mosquito.
2) AFTER equipment has been used, CLEAN it with oxyclean or similar (non-bleach) product. Rinse it. "no-rinse" is for sanitizing, not cleaning (see 3)
3) BEFORE equipment is used, SANITIZE it with a no-rinse sanitizer, such as starsan. again, rinsing a sanitizer gives you equipment only as sanitized as your water. in other words, not sanitized.

 

[PIGMAN]

1) Never use bleach. You have to rise it COMPLETELY or risk clorophenol off-flavors in your beer. So your equipment ends up only as clean as your tap water after rinsing, rendering the use pointless (as a sanitizer - see 3). As a cleaner, it is an elephant gun for a mosquito.
2) AFTER equipment has been used, CLEAN it with oxyclean or similar (non-bleach) product. Rinse it. "no-rinse" is for sanitizing, not cleaning (see 3)
3) BEFORE equipment is used, SANITIZE it with a no-rinse sanitizer, such as starsan. again, rinsing a sanitizer gives you equipment only as sanitized as your water. in other words, not sanitized.

Easy Clean is a no-rinse cleaner. I agree that Oxyclean should be rinsed.

 

[unionrdr]

I'd rather use PBW to clean my equipment with,since that's what it's made for. It works very well,& is far less toxic in the proper dilution. I'm not going to save money & take chances. And it leaves no residue after long exposer times.

 

[nefarious_1_]

Never use bleach or you will die and burn in eternal hellfire.

 

[unionrdr]

Never use bleach or you will die and burn in eternal hellfire.

Once again,ladies & gentlemen,The Crazy World of Aurthur Brown! Give'em a hand!

 

[jroot]

For an in depth understanding on just what PBW is and more notably how to use it listen to the Brewing Network's Brew Strong segment on cleaning as it pertains to brewing equipment. Thats an 11/10/08 broadcast interview with the maker of the product. The interview starts at the 17 minute mark.

 

[PIGMAN]

Once again,ladies & gentlemen,The Crazy World of Aurthur Brown! Give'em a hand!

That was lost on the younger posters, unfortunately I remember "I am the god of hellfire!"

 

[smyrnaquince]

When (if?) I get an infection, I will probably resort to a long hot bleach soak and rinse of everything

Don't use hot water with bleach; it causes the chlorine to out-gas too quickly. Use cold or room-temperature water.

 

[Malintent]

Gentlemen,
Put the bleach back in the laundry room and walk away. Just walk away.

The reason I said to rinse whatever cleaner you choose to use is because it is not designed to sanitize, so you lose nothing by rinsing with tap water. There is nothing to gain by not rinsing it out (even if it says "no-rinse"). I can't imagine why anyone would choose to leave any kind of residue on their gear. It just makes no sense. sure, it won;t kill you.. but is that what you want people saying about your beer, "at least I didn't get sick"?

 

[unionrdr]

For the younger crowd here,here's the video of "fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown;[ame="http://youtu.be/NOErZuzZpS8"]http://youtu.be/NOErZuzZpS8[/ame] Or,another one for bleachers lolz;[ame="http://youtu.be/LG80kpd_vNo"]http://youtu.be/LG80kpd_vNo[/ame]

 

[PIGMAN]

For the younger crowd here,here's the video of "fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown;http://youtu.be/NOErZuzZpS8 Or,another one for bleachers lolz;http://youtu.be/LG80kpd_vNo

Where the hell did you dig that up? I think that was his only tune.

 

[unionrdr]

I remember him from the 60's. He has other songs,but this one was the favorite back then. I found both on youtrub. I like the old school metal style in "see you in hell". I forget the name of the band that did it originally. Good ol' Iron Maiden gallop!
*PS* I just found the video of the song by the original band,"Grim Reaper". [ame="http://youtu.be/vmdHOKaNv3Y"]http://youtu.be/vmdHOKaNv3Y[/ame] This song still kicks a$$! But I like the 7 witches version better,with the ol' Iron Maiden gallop. This one should be able to clean'r up real good...

 

[PIGMAN]

I remember him from the 60's. He has other songs,but this one was the favorite back then. I found both on youtrub. I like the old school metal style in "see you in hell". I forget the name of the band that did it originally. Good ol' Iron Maiden gallop!
*PS* I just found the video of the song by the original band,"Grim Reaper". http://youtu.be/vmdHOKaNv3Y This song still kicks a$$! But I like the 7 witches version better,with the ol' Iron Maiden gallop. This one should be able to clean'r up real good...

Rock on!!