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    The drop is the only thing that is replaced, which is cheap compared to the whole system.
    first year 2012 50 taps late season made 2 1/2 gals.

    2013 2x6 homemade arch 180 taps. 20 Gals.

    2014 40 on 3/16 gravity 160 on buckets.

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    I use a food-grade sanitizer called STAR SAN. It's widely used by homebrew/ wine makers. 1 oz: 5 gallons, and it kills E. coli and staph.
    I fill up several 5 gal buckets (either outside or in my tub if it's cold out)- swish it around and re-use a few times in other buckets. For taps and tubes, I fill a 5 gallon container, and use a large syringe (60cc- from my vet, once I told them what I wanted it for) to plunge the liquid through tubing and taps. Once air dry, all is sanitized.
    I do this twice: once right before (a day or two) tapping and again at the end of the season, before nestling and storing.
    I was using a bleach solution like others, but STAR SAN seems safer somehow? Maybe it's the food service background...
    Last edited by pamelance; 02-15-2017 at 12:03 PM.

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