{"id":14,"date":"2012-10-01T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebottlefarm.com\/blog\/files\/effa7f93609dddf205f0a9f62b54ee85-28.php#unique-entry-id-28"},"modified":"2013-04-13T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T14:40:34","slug":"product-review-the-original-carboy-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/product-review-the-original-carboy-cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: The original Carboy Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">I\u2019m reviewing \u2018the Original Carboy Cleaner\u2019 and \u2018the Original Keg Cleaner\u2019 as I own both. They have made cleaning up after my brew days easier. Please note no one has paid me to say this or given me the product for review*. I did not however purchase them, as I received them from a family member as a gift.<br \/>\nThe product is as easy to use as indicated in the tacky video on <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carboycleaner.com\/\" rel=\"self\">their website<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">. Three steps, add water &amp; cleaner, insert the cleaner, spin! All the fermentation gunk quickly disappears. I generally use a hot water and give it a good swirl, then attack it with the cleaner. My only challenge is cleaning around the neck area of the carboy, it requires a little finesse to get clean, but it\u2019s something you figure out.<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imageStyle\" alt=\"IMG_1682\" src=\"http:\/\/thebottlefarm.com\/blog\/files\/img_1682.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"653\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br \/>\nUsing the keg cleaner is similar, disassemble the keg, swirl hot water, and clean. One challenge with using it, is keeping it centered as you approach the top. It\u2019s a minor complaint, it gets where I can\u2019t reach and can\u2019t see, and does a good job quick. I wouldn\u2019t want to clean either without it. However I wouldn\u2019t recommend it for better bottles, as those require much gentler handling. As far as value, the product would be really simple to DIY project. A steel shaft, drilled at one end, with a nut through it, holding two felted pads on with plastic washers. It\u2019s very simple, but its effective. For the cost, 32.50, it\u2019s reasonably priced for those who can\u2019t build their own, but if I need new one, I\u2019ll build it myself. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>*I\u2019m open to offers of brewing gear, ingredients, or software for home brewing. Please note, I\u2019ll be giving my honest evaluation, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m reviewing \u2018the Original Carboy Cleaner\u2019 and \u2018the Original Keg Cleaner\u2019 as I own both. They have made cleaning up after my brew days easier. Please note no one has paid me to say this or given me the product for review*. I did not however purchase them, as I received them from a family member as a gift.<br \/>\nThe product is as easy to use as indicated in the tacky video on their website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33,50,16],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-and-thoughts","tag-carboy-cleaner","tag-cleaning","tag-gear-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}