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Hello all! You probably haven’t seen my name on here much, as I’m more an observer. For many reasons, I have been out of the hobby for a couple years. After lockdown ended, and the toddlers grew into young kids, time has become harder to manage. So anyway, I’ve got an Exchilerator - the SS version because verdigris freaks me the F out - and it has sat in my garage for about two years now. I know it’s 304 SS, but still, I know it’s not 100% impervious to pitting and corrosion, especially after sitting for that long in an uninsulated garage…. in Texas, but we have had winters where the garage is in the 30’s. Summers where the garage is in the upper 90’s.
Enough with the preamble, my question is, what would you fine people do to ensure that this beautiful hunk of spiral-wrapped, high-quality, wonderful beast is clean and safe inside? Citric acid? Or simply PBW and StarSan? The fact that I can’t see the interior of it freaks me out a little, as I don’t want compromised beer. I’m not entering any competitions, at least not anytime soon, but I also don’t want beer that induces vomiting, or worse.
My wife tells me I’m paranoid about many things, so if you tell me the same, it will not be offensive.
Enough with the preamble, my question is, what would you fine people do to ensure that this beautiful hunk of spiral-wrapped, high-quality, wonderful beast is clean and safe inside? Citric acid? Or simply PBW and StarSan? The fact that I can’t see the interior of it freaks me out a little, as I don’t want compromised beer. I’m not entering any competitions, at least not anytime soon, but I also don’t want beer that induces vomiting, or worse.
My wife tells me I’m paranoid about many things, so if you tell me the same, it will not be offensive.