Sterilising for the AG brewer

[booldawg]

Its obviously a wise policy to sterilise absolutely everything. I was wondering if AG brewers also sterilise equipment that gets used before the boil (mash tun, sparge arm etc) as the boiling process would kill off any bacteria introduced to the wort.

[booldawg]

Its obviously a wise policy to sterilise absolutely everything. I was wondering if AG brewers also sterilise equipment that gets used before the boil (mash tun, sparge arm etc) as the boiling process would kill off any bacteria introduced to the wort.

[steve_flack]

Nope, just sterilise everything post-boil. You want your kit to be clean but it's a waste of time to sterilise pre-boil.

[booldawg]

I'll merge both your posts shall I

Thanks Daab, much less embarrassing for me