Cleaning Home Brew Equipment

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Alternative to PBW, oxiclean, dish detergent.

Cleaning home brew equipment is usually something most brewers don't pay a whole lot of attention to... yet, cleaning is the most important step in preparing for a brew session...

I will venture out to say that cleaning is even more so important than sanitizing.

The fact of the matter is that sanitizing by definition can only be done on a pre-clean surface and cleaning is not just a matter of taking a sponge and wiping off the visible junk...

There are crevices in plastics and other materials which build up soils and you must remove those soils.

Not removing those soils will sanitize over those soils, but bacteria can hide underneath those soils and get into your beer.

It's not worth the risk... not when there is 5-6 hours of my time involved... so hopefully this helps you out...