cleaning

After my last brew day I hosed out my kettle on the day, unscrewed the tap and forgot about it. After three or so weeks in the carport I decided it needed a good clean.

After giving the kettle a good scrub, I tipped a little neat phosphoric acid in the bottom and gave that a scrubbing, no before photo but rest assured it was very brown beforehand:



The dark spots seem to be where I had a little corrosion already, I am interested to see what happens to them as the bottom of the pot browns up again.

Despite a quick rinse, the tap still held a fair bit of porter wort and some nice mould growth. It got a disassemble, soak and clean. As you can see, there are more than a couple parts to it:



Also have new shelving for the shed, Ikea's finest:



Looking at them, they would possibly make a nice brew stand. They are rated to hold 65kg each however at 36cm deep might be a little shallow to hold everything properly and would probably need anchoring to a wall for safety's sake.

In unrelated news, looking forward to tasting stevesa's lambic :)