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Offline flbrewer

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Blow off tube odor
« on: January 20, 2014, 02:26:15 pm »
Anyone have any tips on getting the smell out of a blow off tube? Does it matter? I've only used it once, but I cannot get the beer smell out.

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Re: Blow off tube odor
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2014, 02:44:48 pm »
Don't worry about that. But do get the tube reasonably clean and free of deposits. Then you can boil that tube for about 10 or 15 minutes to assure that (most) everything is dead in there. There can be some organisms that make it through the boil, but they are not typically beer spoiling.
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Offline In The Sand

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Re: Blow off tube odor
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2014, 02:48:13 pm »
Why not just discard it and use new tubing?
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Re: Blow off tube odor
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2014, 05:08:57 pm »
Why not just discard it and use new tubing?

Getting new blowoff tubing for each new brew is an expensive and wasteful proposition.  best to find a way to get it clean
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Re: Blow off tube odor
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2014, 05:42:11 pm »
Never noticed an odor in mine, but they sure are stained. I just soak mine in hot oxyclean and use a brush if anything is stuck in there.