4 Feb 2009
Cleaning And Sanitizing
Author: Sigaro
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Name: Tramwell Shantfax
Site: http://www.corebrewing.com
About: I remember my first beer...actually, I don't. It was probably something horrible like a Coors light and I'm glad I've forgotten. My experience with beer has come full circle. Originally I gave up on beer because I thought it was all crappy lagers. One day in 2002, I happened upon a little deli called Hollingshead in Anaheim, CA that just happened to have a vast array of "crazy" beers on tap I had never heard of. I dug the look of the STONE IPA handle and tried it. My life has never been the same since. I was in love with hops, grains, and the amazing beauty of what beer can really be.
I love bold flavors and extremes. Belgiums and homebrewing my own beer.See Authors Posts (76) | Filed under: Enhance Your Knowledge, Homebrew
Fermentation ain't pretty...
I’ve finished up listening to two great podcasts from The Brewing Network and realized I’ve been really slacking at both cleaning and sanitizing in my home brewing sessions. After 3 hours of listening, I learned everything I needed to know about the different types of chemcials, contact times, temperature, agitation etc. I also learned that “clean” doesn’t just mean you can’t see deposits. And I learned that Sodium Percarbonate (my primary means of sanitizing!) is not an effective sanitizer, it’s more of a cleaner. The podcasts were a little biased since they had Jon Herskovits of Five Star Chemicals as a guest, but they covered non Five Star products as well. I highly recommend any homebrewers that have ever wanted to increase their knowledge of cleaning and sanitizing to listen to both of these:
Brew Strong: Cleaning
Brew Strong: Sanitation
Basically I’ll be using PBW (Pro Brewery Wash) for cleaning and StarSan or Iodine for sanitizing from now on.
Tags: brew strong, brewing network, cleaning, nasty, podcast, sanitizing, trub
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February 4th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Awesome, thanks for the continued education in the wide world of home brewing!
February 6th, 2009 at 6:04 am
I’ve been using PBW since I started brewing. For sanitizing I’ve been using an iodine like substance and it seems to work great. I have heard that StarSan is really great too.
Isn’t there an all in one cleaning and sanitizing wash?
February 6th, 2009 at 6:49 am
There are some cleaners that claim to be “all in one”…both cleaning and sanitizing. One-Step comes to mind. But from what I’ve read and heard in those podcasts, it does a bad job at both.