ipaguy
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I recently caught a good deal on a 2nd hand 7 gallon SS Brewtech Unitank. The thing has been very fun to figure out (especially since the documentation is borderline terrible). I feel like I'm ordering new fittings almost daily to play with all the various things it can do.
I just completed my first batch and proceeded to clean it after racking. I found this to be pretty time consuming honestly, which I guess isn't unexpected, but I figure I can reduce this by improving my process. I don't have a sink nearby, and I'm trying to do this mostly in place if possible.
I have the micro CIP ball and a riptide pump. I dumped the leftover sediment into a bowl, added a small amount of water to pick up the big stuff and dumped that too. I then CIP'd for about 10 minutes with the ball using PBW, switching halfway between the dump and racking ports for the drain. I then switched from the CIP ball to the blowoff tube and cycled some more through there. I then pumped all that out and put in 2 gallons of rinse water. I cycled that through the ball and blowoff again to rinse, and then dumped.
At that point I took off all the TC connected-bits and found them to still be dirty. The ports they were connected to weren't clean either. I washed and rinsed the parts with PBW and water in a bucket, and brought the whole fermenter over to my garden hose and sprayed it out for another rinse.
It's all clean and good now, but I'm wondering if I should perhaps clean off the TC parts first? Or is there a better way to CIP more thoroughly? What about ways to reduce or catch the amount of water that falls out every time I switch ports for cleaning? Any tips or alternative processes would be welcome.
I just completed my first batch and proceeded to clean it after racking. I found this to be pretty time consuming honestly, which I guess isn't unexpected, but I figure I can reduce this by improving my process. I don't have a sink nearby, and I'm trying to do this mostly in place if possible.
I have the micro CIP ball and a riptide pump. I dumped the leftover sediment into a bowl, added a small amount of water to pick up the big stuff and dumped that too. I then CIP'd for about 10 minutes with the ball using PBW, switching halfway between the dump and racking ports for the drain. I then switched from the CIP ball to the blowoff tube and cycled some more through there. I then pumped all that out and put in 2 gallons of rinse water. I cycled that through the ball and blowoff again to rinse, and then dumped.
At that point I took off all the TC connected-bits and found them to still be dirty. The ports they were connected to weren't clean either. I washed and rinsed the parts with PBW and water in a bucket, and brought the whole fermenter over to my garden hose and sprayed it out for another rinse.
It's all clean and good now, but I'm wondering if I should perhaps clean off the TC parts first? Or is there a better way to CIP more thoroughly? What about ways to reduce or catch the amount of water that falls out every time I switch ports for cleaning? Any tips or alternative processes would be welcome.