How do you dry your tubing?

[Kealia]

I seem to come across this "problem" every time I brew and I want an answer dammit.

How the hell do you get your tubing completely dry? I'm talking about things like your racking cane tubing? I push hot water and sanitizer through them when I am done with them and then hang them up but they never seem to get 100% dry. There's always some droplets in the line and they don't seem to go away.

I'm not concerned about the tubing on my immersion chiller since that water never touches the beer/wort, but the tubing on my racking cane is another story. The last thing to go through there is sanitizer, and it's the first thing to go through again before I use it again but I'd like to see it 100% dry after I use it.

So, let's hear it. How do you get your dry?

[RickBeer]

I make pretend it's Wonder Woman's lasso and twirl it out on the deck from each end, then drape it over the kitchen cabinet door for a few days. Mine is the tubing I use from the LBK to the bottling bucket.

Same with my 1 gallon water bottles after I brew beer. Shake them out and then let them sit for a few days.

[The_Professor]

I make pretend it's Wonder Woman's lasso and twirl it out on the deck from each end...

Yeah, centrifugal force.

[BlackDuck]

Yup....I spin the hell out of them too. It's the best way I can get them dried out.

[Beer-lord]

In the summer time, it's not problem......I put it outside and in 5 minutes it's as dry as can be but other times I do the lasso method too as well as hang them in the closet to air dry.

[RickBeer]

Crap. I thought I invented the technique.

[Kealia]

Hmm, I've been hanging them and still end up with some moisture in there. Maybe I'll try the lasso thing.
It's also 100 today so maybe a few minutes on the deck will help. I was hoping to not have to expose it to outside air/contaminants but maybe that is the way to go.

[Beer-lord]

My short hoses are easy as I blow them out with CO2 but it doesn't work with the long ones.

[BigPapaG]

My short hoses are easy as I blow them out with CO2 but it doesn't work with the long ones.

[MadBrewer]

So Im not the only one that takes the hose outside after a cleaning and a spray of starsan and lasso it around like a fool?

I then hang it from the front of my brewing rig.

[bpgreen]

You could move to Utah, Nevada, Most of Colorado or California.

I never have any problem getting anything completely dry.

[Kealia]

Hahaha Brian - I'm actually in California and it's 100 today. I think I'm overly worried about getting it 100% dry thinking that something could grow in my racking tube and infect a batch when I transfer it but it hasn't happened in the past 4-5 years so I don't know why I'm concerned about it now, really.

But look what I learned - the lasso method is the preferred method on the Borg!

[BigPapaG]

Seriously though, I really don't worry about it...

I put my siphons and thiefs away vertically while wet in an open top cardboard box and they dry over time.

The hoses get a quick shake, and get put away...

No, seriously...

I just make sure to sanitize before use.

[Rebel_B]

Never thought about this one before, I wash/rinse, stow in my storage area in the garage. Everything is dry by the next time I want to use them. Sanitize before using.

[Kealia]

The hoses get a quick shake, and get put away...

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