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Brewfridge Mould

Started by LordEoin, September 15, 2013, 12:45:59 AM

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LordEoin

What do you folks use to clean your brewfridge?
I went to bottle a batch I had left in there a little too long and the door and tap are all mould :(
I syphoned the beer and it seems fine.
I had given the fridge a real good scrub with dettol kitchen spray and thought that would have been enough.
I was thinking of using a bleach+vinegar solution. Any thoughts?

Ciderhead

Tap? Like beer tap?  Or bucket tap?

If its a beer tap regular soaking with warm VWP followed by water, I do it every 3 months.

If its bucket tap a squirt of star San up the outlet keeps everything bug free

Prolonged soaking of plastic in bleach will allow absorption and it will come back into your beer if you have long secondaries, so just 24 hours.

A good blast of any bleach cleaner and elbow grease with a toothbrush in the fridge seals does it for me


LordEoin

Cheers ciderhead. It was the FV tap.  but that should be sorted now :)
You're probably right about the fridge seals, they look a bit mank.
I'll get to them in the morning