At SIS Brew, we’re passionate about crafting quality sanitation chemicals for breweries and homebrewers. As we grow, we’ve come to see the importance of offering cleaning equipment along with our line of effective cleaning chemicals. So, we’ve decided to go to the source! What kind of gear do you use to keep your brewing equipment clean and sanitary? If we use your idea, we’ll reach out to hook you up with some free product. And… GO!
I primarily use Savogran TSP and a Scotch-Brite non-scratch scrub sponge. A little bit of TSP goes a long way. I use Bar Keeper’s friend every few batches in my kettles to keep deposits under control.
Bottled a wheat beer last month, used pbw for a soak and star san. Miscalculated bc of 22 ounce Bottles and had 6 12 ounce bottles, I rinsed vigorously and prayed to the beer gods. In the end thise 6 came out just fine. Never doing that again, lol
If we are just getting into homebrewing, what do you recommend we use? For chemicals, what are the 2 or 3 most important ones to use? I want to start brewing but I’m still trying to learn so I can get started. Thanks.
a LHBS recommended to use some chlorine based sanitizer/crud remover about a year ago, i was using PBW on occasion on carboys as well and the combination left them sparkly clean. i ran out of PBW in winter and just used the chlorine one and theres been a slow buildup of stuff i cant remove. need to order some more PBW soon.
excellent, though as someone below said. if many shops dont have it, up here will be years behind full coverage in the states. but ill take a look for it
I use a brewery-dedicated, toilet brush for keg cleaning. I use a plastic putty knife for helping to scrape off crusty stuff off of equipment (used to use an old credit card). I use only a soft sponge on everything else. I never use a scrubby pad or similar items, since they leave micro scratches in metal and plastic.
As for chemicals, I do use strong caustic and acids on occasion. But usually, I’m using something like the 5Star or Craftmeister products like PBW. For sanitation, I try and alternate between Iodophor and Starsan. Starsan doesn’t kill mold spores, so its not ideal or universal, but I feel that Iodophor can leave a hint of a phenolic note in my beer if I use it without a complete dry-out.
1lb for 6.95 marked down from 12 luckily. it seems to work very well, odour is not strong or highly unpleasant, it mixes into cold water readily but it remains clear, so it was weird. i let my carboys sit for ~20 mins and it removed a fair amount of crud that the chlorine-based(?) cleaner i had before didn’t.
if i really gave it an overnight sit im sure it could get 99% of all the stuff.
it also worked very well on my stainless brewkettle
