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Q: Do I need separate equipment for Brett/Pedio/Lacto beers?
A: There are many different opinions on this, but we will state here the best balance between practical and cautious advice. ''Brettanomyces'' can be cleaned and sanitized just like regular yeast, and if a brewery is using a saison yeast known for causing contamination issues like [[Saccharomyces#Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_var._diastaticus|''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' var. ''diastaticus'']] without contaminating other beers, then they will probably be successful using other wild yeast as well. Bacteria such as ''Pediococcus '' can be a little hardier, but they also still die from intense cleaning and sanitizing. Maintain a very good cleaning and sanitizing regimen(particularly if it involves heat treatment of the equipment at 185°F+), and you shouldn't need different fermenting vessels if they are glass or stainless steel, or kegging equipment. Plastic is prone to microscopic scratches, which can help bacteria survive cleaning/sanitizing regiments, so separate plastic fermenters for beers that have bacteria (Lactobacillus or Pediococcus) in them should be considered, but may not be necessary. Since cold side plastic equipment such as auto siphons and hosing are cheap, it is recommended to go ahead and get separate plastic racking equipment, airlocks, bungs, keg tap tubing lines, etc. Equipment that can be boiled can be re-used for clean and sour beers.
See [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1710242802337260/ this MTF thread] for advice on brewing sours and clean beers together in a commercial brewery, as well as chapter 2, "Sanitation and safety" in "American Sour Beers" by Michael Tonesmeire.

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