Cleaning and Care

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Out of the Box:

Before use, we recommend that you run PBW solution through your ZChiller’s inner tube followed by boiling water in order to ensure a clean, sterile avenue for your wort.

After a Brew:

Following a brew, residual malt sugars, hops and proteins from the trub will remain in your ZChiller, if only as a thin, invisible layer. In order to effectively clean the trub from your ZChiller and keep it running smoothly, we recommend the following cleaning procedure:

• As soon as possible, burst rinse your ZChiller with a high flow rate water source (hot water is best) in he opposite direction that wort was flowing when it was chilled.
• Soak your ZChiller in a percarbonate-based cleaner such as PBW overnight to break up hop and trub particulates from the wort.
• Rinse thoroughly with warm water until water is running completely clear and free of hops, grain, and other particulates.
• Sanitize with no-rinse sanitizer such as Star San.

If you have any further questions about cleaning and maintaining your ZChiller, please contact us using form on the Contact Us page.