22
23. Ensure the vessel valve is closed and then spray the
sanitising solution under the rim and evenly down the side
walls so that all surfaces are wetted (See Figure 22 again).
Try to wet all surface with this 500ml of sanitizer and let
all the sanitising agent solution collect into the cone of the
vessel (See Figure 24).
If not all surface became wetted, collect the liquid back into
the wash bottle (open the vessel valve and dump the liquid
into the 2 Litre jug first) and repeat again.
24. With the sanitising solution in the cone, check the seal is
sitting in its groove properly again like you did in Step 15
(see also Appendix 4) and then close the vessel lid onto
the vessel again. Once more, open the 3-way valve partially
towards the arrow pointing to the vessel pressure gauge
and once again slowly add 0.3bar/5 psi pressure of CO
2
from your gas cylinder to the vessel, as read on the vessel
pressure gauge. Then put the 3-way valve back to its closed
(X) position.
SANITISE THE DRAFT TAP, FILLING LINE AND VESSEL LID.
25. Put the 2 Litre jug under the draft tap (See Figure 17) and
take out 100ml of sanitising solution by pushing the draft
tap flow control lever right down to its fully open position
and then alternating every 2 seconds between pulling and
pushing the draft tap open to sanitize both parts of the tap.
Then close the draft tap. The first part of what you take
out is the detergent you left soaking in the line in Step 17.
Dump this 100ml down the drain.
NOTE: Every 10
th
brew or so it may be necessary to take the
tap apart and clean it as described in Appendix 9. This will
be necessary if you can see any growth of grime or a similar
unwanted film at the front of the tap or if the tap becomes
sticky when being pulled and doesn’t easily return to the
closed position.
26. Put the 2 Litre jug under the filling line valve and open
the valve and allow another 100ml to flow into the jug (see
Figure 18) then close the valve. Keep the 100ml in the jug.
Wait 1 minute for the line to soak.
For those with the WilliamsWarn counter-pressure Bottlers,
the Bottler will still be connected, so put the 2 Litre
jug under the open end of the Bottler filling tube, open
the Bottler dispense valve and close when the 100ml is
collected (see Figure 19).
27. After the filler line has soaked for 1 minute, open the filling
line valve again and collect the remaining 300ml of solution
in the vessel into the 2 Litre jug and only close the valve
when CO
2
gas is being emitted out of this line. It is critical
to be sure the valve is closed and holding the pressure and
no gas is being emitted, so as to avoid beverage leaking
out this valve during fermentation. Keep the 400ml of
solution now in the jug.
For those with the WilliamsWarn counter-pressure bottling
device, you will be opening the Bottler dispense knob (See
Figure 19). Once CO
2
is emitted, close the Bottler dispense
knob and the brewery filling line valve and for the same
critical reason underlined above, ensure pressure is being
held by the closed filling line valve.
Fig. 24
Fig. 22
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