Use and Care : Minibrew, Manufactured by the Hobby Beverage Equipment Company

There are three reasons why small batch brewers and wine makers buy the Minibrew Fermenters. Less work, less expensive and more fun. There is more, now you can make your favorite beverage with professionally designed small batch equipment. Beer, wine, mead, teas, you name it. You’ll be happy you joined the “Small Batch Gang.” The flavor is up to you. Our heavy duty polyethylene equipment is completely inert. It will not change the taste. If fermentation is called for in the recipe try our professionally designed fermenter that fits the size.
Easy to clean and sterilize. All popular cleaning and sterilizing agents can be used on our plastic (HDPE) fermenters. They will not harm the inert plastic material. A new product called Cascade Plastic Booster is available. Buy it at the grocery store and just follow the directions on the tube. The caustic soda in the product works great. Water at 180 degrees is also an excellent sterilizing agent. Pour it down the sides of the fermenter. The heat will sink into the plastic and all the parts, killing any bacteria. This procedure works with stainless also. The large top makes it easy to get inside and scrub the dried trub with a Teflon scouring pad.
Scratches. One need not worry about tiny scratches in plastic or stainless. There are two answers to the problem and both are easy. First do nothing. Leave the scratch, clean it with a soft brush and sterilize with hot water. The second answer is to remove the scratch by cutting down the sides. Use a dull knife drawing it toward you, scraping away the plastic. Grinding and buffing scratches in stainless steel is complicated.

Additional Use and Care Information as well as product manuals can be found below: