sanitizing the day before

[Yellowirenut]

Tis the season of summer festivals and graduation parties. So as with a lot of others my weekends are not fully open for a brew day.

I was thinking of doing a brew Friday after work. But would like to be a few steps ahead. I was wanting to sanitize everything..pots, fermented, hoses..etc. the night before. So as when I get home from work all I need to do is light that fire.

Anyone else sanitize ahead of time? I figure if everything is covered it should be all right.

 

[ChuckO]

I sanitize my fermenter while doing the boil. I'm not comfortable with sanitizing the day before because of re-contamination. Most sanitizers that I am familiar with are wet contact only. The sanitizer is not effective once the surface dries.

I clean everything, but the only things that I sanitize are the fermenter, air lock and wine thief. I pump boiling wort through the CFC to sanitize it and the tubing near the end of the boil.

 

[eastoak]

if all of your gear has been cleaned before you stored it away then a spray bottle of star san should be all you need on brew day. i find my time savings to be in milling the grain and filling the HLT the day before.

 

[BigFloyd]

A very good rule of thumb to follow is: Clean just after use, sanitize just before use.