Galamus
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I find that one of my most expensive outlays now that I have jumped on bulk buys and started growing hops is PBW cleaner. Starsan seems to last forever but i go through a fair amount of PBW and at ~$25 a kg its expensive.
I work in a laboratory so I have access to pretty much any chemical I want, I'm curious as to what people who dont use PBW use as a CIP cleaner.. I am thinking of using a caustic clean (5-15%) followed by an acid rinse(phosphoric or nitric) either occasionally or each time to remove calcium stone. I have found some interesting links -which I have listed below- though it appears caustic cleaning is uncommon in the homebrewing world.
http://www.brewingtechniques.com/library/b...4/millspaw.html
http://www.ssina.com/download_a_file/cleaning.pdf
I would be interested in hearing about any ones experience with different cleaning methods.
Also I will obviously be cleaning at room temp (as hot caustic and stainless is not ideal) and I was thinking 20/30 min soaking in a caustic solution.
Cheers Guys
I work in a laboratory so I have access to pretty much any chemical I want, I'm curious as to what people who dont use PBW use as a CIP cleaner.. I am thinking of using a caustic clean (5-15%) followed by an acid rinse(phosphoric or nitric) either occasionally or each time to remove calcium stone. I have found some interesting links -which I have listed below- though it appears caustic cleaning is uncommon in the homebrewing world.
http://www.brewingtechniques.com/library/b...4/millspaw.html
http://www.ssina.com/download_a_file/cleaning.pdf
I would be interested in hearing about any ones experience with different cleaning methods.
Also I will obviously be cleaning at room temp (as hot caustic and stainless is not ideal) and I was thinking 20/30 min soaking in a caustic solution.
Cheers Guys