Hello everyone!
We started a 5bbl brewery and is now facing switch to 2 simultaneous brews a day. We have a Braumeister-type single vessel rig (electric-powered), and a single brew with cleaning takes about 6 hours. We have everything mounted on a single frame, so I can wash pot, lines, main hose and plate chiller at the same time. We also have an in-line strainer, so plate chiller is free of any trub, hops etc.
Currently my cleaning routine is like this: fast hot water rinse, hot caustic rinse (15 min), followed by an hot nitro acid rinse (15 min), followed by a sanitizer (15% peracetic+peroxide) rinse (15 min). If I'm brewing next day, then sanitizer rinse moves to the start of that day. We never had an issue with sanitation (50+ batches streak) so far.
And so I wonder, what should the routine of cleaning between the simultaneous batches be? Can it be reduced to caustic+sanitizer only (acid in sanitizer neutralizing the caustic)? Can it be reduced to water rinse (we have a powerful 2500PSI Karcher professional pressure washer) + sanitizer rinse? I'm trying to reduce time for 2 batches and will be grateful for any advice!
Thanks in advance.
We started a 5bbl brewery and is now facing switch to 2 simultaneous brews a day. We have a Braumeister-type single vessel rig (electric-powered), and a single brew with cleaning takes about 6 hours. We have everything mounted on a single frame, so I can wash pot, lines, main hose and plate chiller at the same time. We also have an in-line strainer, so plate chiller is free of any trub, hops etc.
Currently my cleaning routine is like this: fast hot water rinse, hot caustic rinse (15 min), followed by an hot nitro acid rinse (15 min), followed by a sanitizer (15% peracetic+peroxide) rinse (15 min). If I'm brewing next day, then sanitizer rinse moves to the start of that day. We never had an issue with sanitation (50+ batches streak) so far.
And so I wonder, what should the routine of cleaning between the simultaneous batches be? Can it be reduced to caustic+sanitizer only (acid in sanitizer neutralizing the caustic)? Can it be reduced to water rinse (we have a powerful 2500PSI Karcher professional pressure washer) + sanitizer rinse? I'm trying to reduce time for 2 batches and will be grateful for any advice!
Thanks in advance.
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