Stainless Steel Conical Fermenter

[Agentgonzo]

As i have already discussed Chemsan here I will ask this in the thread -

When you have mixed your 10ml in 5 litre of water do you use gloves or is it safe for you to put your hands in the Chemsan to lift your stuff out?

It's "safe" in that it won't give you chemical burns or anything like that. But it's still a pH 3 mild acid that's designed to kill stuff, so it'll do a little bit of damage to your hand, and if you have and cuts it'll sting like a bitch.

If I need to put my hands in my in the beer, I'll spray them down down starsan, do the thing then wash them. But I try to avoid contact if possible

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Thanks i will make sure wash it off.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Bottling day today and everything went to plan (well nearly), the bottle washer and bottle drainer (below) and chemsan made sanitising the bottles much faster and pouring chemsan down the little bottler and tube using a small funnel was also a time saver,

Another big plus using the conical which i had hoped for was the sediment had settled below the top tap so the wine was crystal clear from the first bottle onwards, the only balls up was i forgot to take the Bung an airlock out of the fermenter lid so i will be drinking a few ml of already diluted chemsan watered down in another 750ml of wine in my first couple of bottles, i am sure we will be fine.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I am loving the SS conical fermenter i wish i had bought it years ago.

Could i ask members who use SS what they use to scrub the stubborn crud off the inside if their gear, i used a dishcloth as i didn't want to risk scratching the SS as you can imagine it took me a while to get it all off.

 

[An Ankoù]

I am loving the SS conical fermenter i wish i had bought it years ago.

Could i ask members who use SS what they use to scrub the stubborn crud off the inside if their gear, i used a dishcloth as i didn't want to risk scratching the SS as you can imagine it took me a while to get it all off.

This is what you need.
https://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/chemipro-wash-2kg-p-5007.html?cPath=3_201

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Thanks AA.

I only make wine so there is never much crud to shift its only really a thin line at the top i was thinking of something like a scouring pad type of thing that is SS friendly, i already have some Bar Keepers Friend.

 

[Agentgonzo]

I am loving the SS conical fermenter i wish i had bought it years ago.

Could i ask members who use SS what they use to scrub the stubborn crud off the inside if their gear, i used a dishcloth as i didn't want to risk scratching the SS as you can imagine it took me a while to get it all off.

Great to hear (same here, I wish I'd moved from plastic many year earlier).

I just use a dishwashing sponge (that I keep separate for brewing so it has no grease/detergent on it). The kind with the 'milder' white scrubby surface, rather than the coarser green one. This, with water is normally sufficient to clean the insides and scrub the dried yeast/crud without scratching the surface.

If I want a deeper clean, then I soak in some VWP, but this is rarely done.

If I want to do a "deep sterilise" then I open the valves, invert the whole thing over a pot of boiling water on the stove and leave the steam to sterilise it for 5 minutes. It's all SS so it can handle the heat fine, plus nicely conducts the heat into all the parts of the valves etc. Quick and effective

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I just use a dishwashing sponge (that I keep separate for brewing so it has no grease/detergent on it). The kind with the 'milder' white scrubby surface, rather than the coarser green one

Thanks i will get a one of those.