We got a new piece of cleaning equipment and it works great. It is the Mark II Keg and Carboy Washer and is basically a pump attached to a sprayer tube with a basin and stand. I ran the primary fermentors from the Pale Ale through it with some hot water and Oxy Clean Free and was pleased with the results. It still requires using a carboy brush for the caked on yeast from the krausen, but saves time and water and I am pleased with it. There are some attachments that allow you to run cleaning solution through hoses as well that I will test out soon.
Here's a shot of the 10 gallon batch of Pale Ale with split Conan (Alchemist) and Pacman (Rogue) yeast in the secondary fermentors.
They both clocked in at 1.010 from 1.052, which will be 5.5% ABV. I used 90.3% Rahr American 2-row base malt with 2.2% German Carared (24L), 3.2% American Caramel-10, and 4.3% American Carapils malts. The hops are a "clean out the freezer" method with some Apollo, Centennial, Citra, Simcoe, Pine Fruit, Jarrylo, and Columbus.
I will dry hop these for a week and get them into kegs once we kick the leftover Rye Pale Ale from our field party.
Cheers!
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