Dirty, dirty boy

[puravida]

Just found this barrel in the shed. Must be a year or more since I used it and it appears I never cleaned it out properly before I slung it in there.

Question is - will I get it clean enough and sanitary enough to put beer in? I've ruined a couple of batches in the past using bottles that have not been spotless and I am paranoid about ruining another. Am I better just to get a new keg??

Dodgy photo below taken down the neck looking to the bottom.

 

[RobWalker]

Yeah. Strong sanitizer will lift anything off mate! Use the pack instructions for kettles etc and it'll clean a treat.

 

[snail59]

Give it a good dose of oxy action type stuff that seems to shift most things

 

[puravida]

Cool. Thanks. Oxy stuff as in that goes in the washing machine???

 

[abeyptfc]

aye!

 

[snail59]

Cool. Thanks. Oxy stuff as in that goes in the washing machine???

Yes the stain remover stuff. Make sure you don't use the scented stuff though :lol: :lol: . Lidl & Aldi do cheap versions of the stuff that I find work just as well as the more expensive branded stuff :thumb:

 

[puravida]

Well you learn a new thing every day!! Nice one!!!

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Kin-hell, worse than my under crackers.

BB :sick:

 

[dennisking]

Kin-hell, worse than my under crackers.

BB :sick:

:rofl: To much black pudding Kev.

 

[mickyfinn]

Kin-hell, worse than my under crackers.

BB :sick:

:rofl: To much black pudding Kev.

nowt wrong with a bit of the ye olde black puddin ............... unfried of course straight from the butcher lol

 

[unclepumble]

Kin-hell, worse than my under crackers.

BB :sick:

:rofl: To much black pudding Kev.

nowt wrong with a bit of the ye olde black puddin ............... unfried of course straight from the butcher lol

He prefers a bit of UP's Big Black Cheshire Pudding :rofl:

UP

 

[dennisking]

BB :sick:[/quote]

:rofl: To much black pudding Kev.[/quote]
nowt wrong with a bit of the ye olde black puddin ............... unfried of course straight from the butcher lol[/quote]

He prefers a bit of UP's Big Black Cheshire Pudding :rofl:

UP[/quote]
:rofl: Take your word on that Shane.

 

[shocker]

Thats why they made cider barrels brown.....so you couldnt see the bits like that .Honestly though ,thats not so bad ,really .It'll shift OK .

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

He prefers a bit of UP's Big Black Cheshire Pudding :rofl:
UP

It was very nice of you to share it with me Unc.

BB (Little pud)

 

[evanvine]

I've always used household bleach, domestos etc.
You know there is no trace left after rinsing as the chlorine smell disappears.

 

[puravida]

Well what can I say - a night soaked in Oxi-Clean and it's spotless!!! LIke new! :thumb:
And smells like freshly laundered bedsheets :wha:

Thoroughly rinsed and then sloshed out with star-san ready for some beer today.

My two batches of 'Woodstock Pale Ale' are ready to go in - one has the off flavours from what I think was a bad smack pack. The other has been in the primary for 9 days but has quite a bit of sediment so I am keen to move it.. I've only one barrel at the moment (until the wife buys me a corny for xmas) so I have to choose which goes in.

Maybe the first batch goes in the barrell and the 2nd goes into the secondary. :? :wha:

 

[shocker]

You got to watch out for those bad packs of smack..... :shock: :lol:

...sorry...I'll get me coat......

PS...but Im glad to hear you are oxy-clean now