How to clean my beer brewery equipment completely?

How to clean my beer brewery equipment completely?

To brew qualified beer, you need understand beer brewery equipment. As we know, good craft beer equipment is more important to keep the equipment clean and hygienic. If the cleaning and sterilization are not thorough, the residual scale and microorganisms on the inner wall of the equipment will affect the flavor and taste of the beer. Although you follow every step of the brewing, if you brew in a dirty equipment, the resulting beer will be full of smells. Cleaning beer brewing equipment is also a vital job, so How to clean my beer brewery equipment completely? And what parts of my beer equipment should be cleaned?

Brewhouse
The cleaning of brewhouse should wash the dirt on the surface of all tanks, pipelines and equipment as much as possible. However, there are some key positions you need know, like the pipeline after the kettle tun or the whirlpool tun, and the pipelines to the fermenters must be cleaned completely, and washed with hot water or alkaline water for many times. Generally, pre-rinse with clean water for about 10 minutes, then configure about 1%-2% sodium hydroxide solution, heat it to 80-85°C to wash your tank within 30 minutes, and then use 90°C-95°C hot water for CIP Circulation for 30-40 minutes, so, you can achieve the purpose of cleaning.
Heat exchanger
It is recommended to use caustic soda solution or other cleaning solution to backflush the wine after each brewing (backflushing: the direction of the cleaning solution is opposite to that of the wort). Before each brewing, use hot water above 80℃ to circulate for more than 30 minutes to sterilize.
Fermentation tank
The hygienic environment of the fermenters has a great influence on the quality of the beer, and cleanliness and sterility are the basic requirements for fermenters. Generally, rinse with clean water; then configure about 2%-4% alkaline solution, heat to 80 to 85°C for CIP cycle for 30 minutes; then rinse with water for 5 to 10 minutes, and then configure 1% to 2% acid solution is CIP cycled at room temperature for 30 minutes; rinsed with clean water for 5 to 10 minutes.

Pipelines
The pipelines of craft beer brewing equipment are particularly prone to residual impurities. If these environment are not cleaned, the beer made even if the tanks are cleaned and cleaned may bad. To receive a better cleaning effect, when using hot cleaning fluid, the flow rate in the pipe should be controlled to 1 to 1.5 meters per second; when using cold cleaning fluid, the different flow rates should be determined according to the diameter of the pipe. Rinse with hot or alkaline water several times.

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