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#21 BlKtRe

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Posted 12 December 2014 - 10:22 AM

B3 is usually way over priced imo. Thanks for the links. I'm leaning this direction. My old stone is a work horse. I just blow star San through it before and after use and store dry. Been using it for 8-10 yrs I'm guessing.

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Posted 12 December 2014 - 11:42 AM

I used to boil mine before every brew now it's every few brews. I hit it with hot water and blow star san through before and after each use.



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 11:59 AM

I used to boil mine before every brew now it's every few brews. I hit it with hot water and blow star san through before and after each use.

 

I boil mine every brew I'm using it.  I just boil it in a portion of the water that I'll be using to sparge with.



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 12:09 PM

I boil mine every brew I'm using it.  I just boil it in a portion of the water that I'll be using to sparge with.

I don't sparge  :D



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 12:20 PM

I don't sparge  :D

 

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Posted 12 December 2014 - 12:33 PM

No sparge, two vessel brew house- cooler mash tun and boil kettle/hlt. 



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 12:45 PM

No sparge, two vessel brew house- cooler mash tun and boil kettle/hlt. 

 

so your cooler is really big (relative to your kettle)?  I typically can't go completely no sparge with my batches.  there is always a little bit of sparge water b/c my cooler can't hold all of the water/grain.  but you could always take part of your strike water and boil it in a small pan on the stove while you heat the rest of the strike water and then just add it back into the already heating strike water.  that is if you wanted an easy/efficient way to boil it every time.


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Posted 12 December 2014 - 01:11 PM

70 quart for 6 gallon batches and a 100+ for anything larger. I have a small stainless pot that's made for keeping bbq sauce warm on the grill. I boil my stone it that but I have to do that upstairs. I brew in the basement. It might boil over the pilot for my range. I'll have to give that a try.



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 03:40 PM

70 quart for 6 gallon batches and a 100+ for anything larger. I have a small stainless pot that's made for keeping bbq sauce warm on the grill. I boil my stone it that but I have to do that upstairs. I brew in the basement. It might boil over the pilot for my range. I'll have to give that a try.

 

yeah - I brew in the garage so I have to head into the kitchen to do the small boil.  no biggie though.



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 04:01 PM

I don't see the need to boil the stone while on a similar subject back a plate chiller.

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Posted 12 December 2014 - 05:04 PM

I don't see the need to boil the stone while on a similar subject back a plate chiller.

My O2 stone gets some star san forced through it before and after use and is stored in star san, in a mason jar, between uses.



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 06:47 PM

it's easy to do so i figured why not.  i've clogged mine with trub before so I get nervous about stuff getting stuck in there.



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Posted 12 December 2014 - 09:36 PM

it's easy to do so i figured why not. i've clogged mine with trub before so I get nervous about stuff getting stuck in there.

Always put it in and take it out with the o2 on, rinse, soak in SS then blow with o2 again, store dry. Like I said mine is 8 or 10 yrs old. Storing anything in SS creates a slick goop that I find needs rinsed and resanitized before using it again.

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Posted 12 December 2014 - 09:39 PM

Storing anything in SS creates a slick goop that I find needs rinsed and resanitized before using it again.

Interesting. I noticed that on tubing I accidentally left in SS but never on the stone. Ill keep watching.



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Posted 13 December 2014 - 07:31 AM

Always put it in and take it out with the o2 on, rinse, soak in SS then blow with o2 again, store dry. Like I said mine is 8 or 10 yrs old. Storing anything in SS creates a slick goop that I find needs rinsed and resanitized before using it again.

I agree with you on the slime. I have some thiefs I kept in ss that got the same way.

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Posted 14 December 2014 - 01:26 PM

I've found starsan leaves a slick goop on some plastics yes.  On stainless, not so much.

Always put it in and take it out with the o2 on, rinse, soak in SS then blow with o2 again, store dry. Like I said mine is 8 or 10 yrs old. Storing anything in SS creates a slick goop that I find needs rinsed and resanitized before using it again.

 

yeah - I'm not sure what happened.  I can't recall if I forgot to turn it on before it went in or what.  I usually follow the protocol you are talking about.




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