Sanitizing

[johnodon]

Hey guys.

I have the most basic of basic questions but just want to make absolutely sure I understand it correctly. For reference I will state that I am doing AG brewing.

Is the following statement true?

No equipment that touches the ingredients pre-boil needs to be sanitized?​

This would be such things as the mash tun, mash paddle, boiling pot, etc.

Of course, everything will be cleaned properly.

I'm sure this is covered in a billion topics and I am pretty sure the answer is True...just looking for extra piece of mind.

TIA,

John

 

[Moonpile]

Yes.

 

[bucfanmike]

limited knowledge here, fairly new brewer myself. My understanding is just make sure everything pre boil is clean. Anything that contacts post boil wort must be sanitized. I use star san, great stuff.

 

[wilserbrewer]

This would be such things as the mash tun, mash paddle, boiling pot, etc.

Of course, everything will be cleaned properly.


John

IMO, all the above equipment needs is a thorough rinsing and wash out. A stainless kettle will get beerstone occasionallly and some Bar Keepers Friend removes that well. Some feel good scrubbing their mash tun, not lazy me, that's what the boil is for.

 

[Catt22]

A stainless kettle will get beerstone occasionallly and some Bar Keepers Friend removes that well.

Any idea why I never get any beerstone accumulations anywhere? Not in my kettles and not in my kegs

Yes, it's true. No need to sanitize any pre-boil equipment.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Any idea why I never get any beerstone accumulations anywhere? Not in my kettles and not in my kegs

Water chemistry maybe? Not positive it's beerstone, but my ss kettle gets a brownish haze on the inside after 5-6 batches that is kind of stubborn. BKF takes it right off, is this beerstone or something else??

 

[Catt22]

Water chemistry maybe? Not positive it's beerstone, but my ss kettle gets a brownish haze on the inside after 5-6 batches that is kind of stubborn. BKF takes it right off, is this beerstone or something else??

I clean my kettle well after every use with BKF, so maybe there is no accumulation because of that. Usually, there is little of anything other than hop gunk on the walls of the kettle and that cleans off very easily. I probably don't even need to use the BKF; I just do it out of habit mostly. I'm sure that water chemistry has something to do with it.

 

[wilserbrewer]

I clean my kettle well after every use with BKF

There is your answer, IME beerstone on the kettle builds slowly and you are keeping ahead of the curve