I rinse mine right after I'm done with it but it still gets a build up of cooked on wort on it. It doesn't seem to affect the taste of my beers but it seems like maybe I should occasionally get it cleaned off. What do you guys do? Manually scrubbing 50' of tubing doesn't sound like fun.
how do you clean your immersion chiller?
#1
Posted 30 January 2016 - 06:28 AM
#2
Posted 30 January 2016 - 06:29 AM
Star-san soak every now and then. Cleans it right up.
#3
Posted 30 January 2016 - 06:35 AM
Star-san soak every now and then. Cleans it right up.
I put it in some yesterday but maybe I didn't make it strong enough (didn't really measure). in the past that worked. I guess I should add more starsan concentrate to the bucket...
did you need to wipe it after or did it just rinse everything away?
Edited by Evil_Morty, 30 January 2016 - 06:39 AM.
#4
Posted 30 January 2016 - 09:25 AM
I hose it off after I use it. That's all I do.
#5
Posted 30 January 2016 - 10:27 AM
I hose it off after I use it. That's all I do.
same, while still wet, before the wort gets tacky
#6
Posted 30 January 2016 - 10:29 AM
same, while still wet, before the wort gets tacky
I do this as well but there is still a build up of wort on there.
#7
Posted 30 January 2016 - 10:30 AM
I do this as well but there is still a build up of wort on there.
huh, maybe i just don't look closely at mine
#8
Posted 30 January 2016 - 10:31 AM
I am trying to remember as it was a long time ago. I think I failed to rinse it after brewing one time. Pretty sure that the crud just came off it after soaking for a while. It came out really shiny. I know there was no scrubbing involved. Normally I do the same as Denny and it stays nice. But if you like it shiny and clean soak it once and a while and it will look great.I put it in some yesterday but maybe I didn't make it strong enough (didn't really measure). in the past that worked. I guess I should add more starsan concentrate to the bucket...
did you need to wipe it after or did it just rinse everything away?
Edited by neddles, 30 January 2016 - 10:33 AM.
#9
Posted 30 January 2016 - 11:25 AM
#10
Posted 30 January 2016 - 06:09 PM
#11
Posted 30 January 2016 - 06:20 PM
Green scrubby, takes a few minutes. 50'
#12
Posted 30 January 2016 - 09:21 PM
#13
Posted 30 January 2016 - 10:41 PM
#14
Posted 31 January 2016 - 06:48 AM
yeah, mine is copper so I think oxiclean is a no-no. maybe I'm wrong?
#15
Posted 31 January 2016 - 07:09 AM
#16
Posted 31 January 2016 - 09:59 AM
yeah, mine is copper so I think oxiclean is a no-no. maybe I'm wrong?
Should be fine. I have a copper pickup tube in my kettle and oxygen cleaners just make it nice and shiny.
#17
Posted 31 January 2016 - 12:56 PM
I see a lot of people rinse right after use, but mine stays very clean because I also dry it good right after the rinse.
#18
Posted 31 January 2016 - 03:02 PM
and then......
#19
Posted 31 January 2016 - 03:21 PM
WTF is that monstrosity? did you get mad at it or something?
#20
Posted 31 January 2016 - 04:17 PM
WTF is that monstrosity? did you get mad at it or something?
An immersion chiller pic I found googling ugliest wort chiller. There was an awesome one floating around on the greenboard for a while too. Couldn't find it.
Mine is seldom used anymore and definitely deformed and ugly. I tried rebending it multiple times for various reasons. It now has a couple splices in it too but it works like a champ when I choose to use it. And it is cleaner than that one, has sweated DCs, and also really ugly...........
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