Do you sanitize your ball valve?

Anyone who has ever accidentally touched it during the boil, myself included, does not sanitize it separately

 

I might run some strong starsan solution through it the first time just to get any oil/manufacturing goo off of it, but probably not necessary.

 

If this is your first time using a connection, you might want to test with water before spending your time and money on wort. Boil the water and check for leaks.

 

Yeppers.

 

Are there heat resistant hoses that you use for this? I still haven't upgraded to a valve on my kettle.

 

No, just soak valve, gasket,nut in starsan, then Assemble. I also have a few wrenches I keep separate for beer work. Slovak them as well.

 

There are. The ones I have can withstand boiling temps. I believe they were $2.30/ft if memory serves

 

I recirculate boiling wort with the pump to sanitize every thing in the loop.

 

This is exactly what I am doing this morning.

This is what I plan to do on brew days.

 

Maybe divide your wort up into 2 kettles on separate burners

 

I starsan my valve because it's the easiest way to starsan my plate chiller and tubing.

 

I don't sanitize my ball valve. I clean my brew kettle and ball valve after I brew. Then I rinse with water on brew day, but don't sanitize. Doesn't sitting on a flame for 60+ minutes kill all the bad bugs? Same principle with my wort chiller. 15 minutes in boiling wort kills everything.

 

I don't sanitize mine on my brew kettle... After I am done with it I clean the inside of the kettle and when I rinse, let hot clean water flush out the valve. Usually it starts brownish but quickly goes clear and once it runs a bit, close that valve and all done.