I rinse it with water from each end, then immerse partway (leaving guage above liquid) in a tub of sanitizer until it is full, then store wiht valves closed. Drain before using.

Zahm & Nagel Instruction Manual

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I pretty much do that too. Fill mostly with sanitizer, then invert so the sanitizer runs out the opposite end from which I filled it. Not sure if that's "by the book" but it's easy...

I just rinse it with cold water in the sink. Once a week I'll fill it with cold caustic. Never use hot anything. The thermometer will break.

Thanks for the responses so far!

I do have the manual. It instructs:

"Rinse the inside of the Volume Meter with water to remove any traces of beer. This can be accomplished by attaching a hose from a water source to the gooseneck and then opening the inlet and outlet valves to let water flush through the instrument. Do not use hot water as it will damage the thermometer."

Seems just a tad bit vague to me and thus my query to the forum.

I don't have a good way to hook up a hose to the gooseneck without plumbing something or hooking up a bunch of parts that I don't really have at my disposal right now. I like the immersion method and that's what I'll go with next but I'm a little concerned about washing the grease off the plunger and having to re-dress it too often. I guess that's preferable to messing around with the (very expensive and uniquely threaded [DAMHIK]) Z&N gauge.

Thanks again for all the responses and keep 'em coming!

Cheers-Mike

Don't your sample valves/zwickels attach to the tank with a triclamp? During CIP pull one aside and stick it on the end of a hose or other fitting. Then just run your cold CIP liquid through your Zahm.

While you can't use HOT water, you can use room temperature water, and I find that helps dissolve sugars. I've found, in this application, that a chlorinated cleanser works well.

Why isn't there a cool Zahm & Nagel brewing t-shirt? I'd love to get a shirt with just a picture of the device and the name on it!

Nat

Using a zwickel would be my preferred method, but unfortunately only our brite tank has a "real" Perlick valve. All of our fermenters have the cheapo GW Kent sample valves which don't allow attachment of the Z&N.

Whenever I'm finding myself needing to clean out the shaker the brite tank is full of beer so that Perlick is off limits for obvious reasons.

I'd love a Zahm t-shirt. I might get tired of people asking why I have a penis pump on my shirt though... (Every brewer I've ever met makes the penis pump joke... never gets old!) Maybe something like "Brewers shake it up." or "It's all about your volumes...."

Thanks and cheers- Mike