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[PattyFlatz]

Checking in from Charlotte, NC! Pitched the yeast on my third batch of mead this morning, and excited to give a Cyser a try on my next batch.

 

[T Murph]

welcome to the madness we call a hobby from Alabama

 

[wallyLOZ]

Welcome to HBT!

 

[PattyFlatz]

Thanks! Are there any best practices you recommend for cleaning tubing, airlocks, and spigots other than warm water and Star san?

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Clean equipment with unscented OxiClean and soaking + scrubbing, then rinsing and drying, before putting equipment back into storage. Then, before use, spritz everything with StarSan and let air dry for a couple minutes before using.

edit: forgot a couple of actual best practices...
Use a gallon jug of DISTILLED water to make your StarSan solution, otherwise the StarSan will go bad in just a couple of weeks.
Get a spray bottle such as this and use to give your equipment a quick mist of StarSan.
When your gallon jug of StarSan+Distilled water is used up, go out and buy a new jug of distilled water -- the acidic StarSan will slowly eat thru the thin plastic jug if you reuse same jug repeatedly.

 

[PattyFlatz]

Clean equipment with unscented OxiClean and soaking + scrubbing, then rinsing and drying, before putting equipment back into storage. Then, before use, spritz everything with StarSan and let air dry for a couple minutes before using.

edit: forgot a couple of actual best practices...
Use a gallon jug of DISTILLED water to make your StarSan solution, otherwise the StarSan will go bad in just a couple of weeks.
Get a spray bottle such as this and use to give your equipment a quick mist of StarSan.
When your gallon jug of StarSan+Distilled water is used up, go out and buy a new jug of distilled water -- the acidic StarSan will slowly eat thru the thin plastic jug if you reuse same jug repeatedly.

Excellent! Thanks for sharing