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Casey Weed's Carboy/Keg Pressure Washer

10/8/2012

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Cleaning carboys can be a pain, especially if you let them sit around for a while. Whether you ferment in glass or plastic, it's usually a good idea to let the carboy soak for a while to soften up the band of hardened yeast that typically forms at the top.

After soaking, most brewers I know toss in a wet papertowl (or shop cloth), plug the opening, and swirl the towel around to remove the last of the gunk. This works well for wide-mouth bottles but not so much for narrower glass bottles.

Here's a great inexpensive DIY project created by Casey Weed that cleans even the narrowest of bottles!

Casey describes some of the project below and be sure to hit the link (or the picture above) for the full instructions.

"I recently put together a handheld carboy/keg pressure washer and hadn’t see anything like it so I thought I would share. I always have trouble getting the dried up krausen on the top of the carboy off with my brush and always felt like it would come right off if I could get a little pressure on it. This is what I came up with.

  • Racking cane
  • 6’ 3/8” vinyl tubing
  • 3/4” Slip to 3/4 FHT (PVC) adapter
  • 1/2" FPT X 3/4" Slip (PVC)
  • 1/2” MPT x 3/8 barbed (vinyl)
  • Two small stainless hope clamps (I think 5/16”, I already had these)
  • Screw thread protector (sorry, I don’t recall the exact size. Get the tightest you can) Drill a hole in the tip, I used a 1/8” bit."

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Ma2
10/9/2012 05:20:00 am

I just do an oxyclean soak for a day and voila

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Coolharry
10/9/2012 03:16:23 pm

Perfect timing for me on this one! just bottled a batch on Friday and I've been having the hardest time getting my BB carboy clean. Tried the rag in homemade PBW, and now there's some sort of film on the inside. could be from the rag or the oxyclean, not sure, but this will surely make cleaning these up a breeze from now on. Prost!

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