My absentee brewing partner (who still doesn't grasp the idea of cross contamination despite exhaustive conversations about it) decided to fill some growlers the other day and ran a wild ale (brett, lacto, pedio) through my blichmann beer gun. I now need to fill some non-wild ale bottles directly off of kegs for competition entries. I don't want them getting infected by running them through the now tainted beer gun. I'm thinking the best was to sterilize the beer gun is one of the following:
1. Remove the rubber tip, drop the gun in boiling water for (X) amount of time, put a brand new rubber tip on
2. Remove the rubber tip, bake the gun in the oven at (Y) temperature for (X) amount of time, put a brand new rubber tip on
Can anybody help me with the following?
Solving for X in each option
Solving for Y
Deciding which method might be better
Deciding if I'm going to destroy my beer gun by using either method
Deciding if there is a better option
1. Remove the rubber tip, drop the gun in boiling water for (X) amount of time, put a brand new rubber tip on
2. Remove the rubber tip, bake the gun in the oven at (Y) temperature for (X) amount of time, put a brand new rubber tip on
Can anybody help me with the following?
Solving for X in each option
Solving for Y
Deciding which method might be better
Deciding if I'm going to destroy my beer gun by using either method
Deciding if there is a better option