Storing steralised equipment?

Jed_Trently · May 25, 2015

Hey dudes,

I'm wondering how all you guys store your sterilised equipment because I go to all the effort of sanitising it and free from contamination only to put it in a plastic bag

So once you've done to sanitising process, where do you guys put your stirrers, hydrometers, thermometers, siphons ect

Thanks,
Jed

dad_of_jon · May 25, 2015

Jed_Trently said:
Hey dudes,

I'm wondering how all you guys store your sterilised equipment because I go to all the effort of sanitising it and free from contamination only to put it in a plastic bag

So once you've done to sanitising process, where do you guys put your stirrers, hydrometers, thermometers, siphons ect

Thanks,
Jed

In a plastic storage box.

ManseMasher · May 25, 2015

To be honest, it's only sterilised before I use it. If you sterilise then store, the chances are it won't be sterile when you come to use it. As for putting it down once I've sterilised it, a plastic dinner tray or some such, with starsan on it, is the way to go as far as I'm concerned.

aamcle · May 25, 2015

Clean it, dry it, put it a way in a clean plastic box.
Get it out, sanitise it, use it and start again.

Atb. Aamcle

Chippy_Tea · May 26, 2015

I am with ManseMasher & aamcle clean it put it away and then sterilise just before using it.

Covrich · May 26, 2015

+3

Steralised / sanitised equipment should "typically" be used within the hour.. clean it and then sanitise right before use. Otherwise it wont be santised before use.

Jed_Trently · May 27, 2015

Thanks for the replies guys.

Straightforward answers are appreciated. Looks like I'll have to buy a sizable to hold everything

When you say sterilise, do you mean use the proper sterliser recommended for brewing? (I use VWP)

For example if I want to check the temp of my brew in the fermentation process, will I have to sterilise the thermometer every time or just rinse with water?

Thanks,
Jed

ManseMasher · May 27, 2015

Anything that goes near the brew after it has boiled needs to be sterile, not just rinsed. This is why so many people use StarSan. Thermometer, hydrometer, syphon tube, bottling stick, bottles, lids.....anything at all!

Jed_Trently · May 27, 2015

ManseMasher said:
Anything that goes near the brew after it has boiled needs to be sterile, not just rinsed. This is why so many people use StarSan. Thermometer, hydrometer, syphon tube, bottling stick, bottles, lids.....anything at all!

Thanks bud!

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