For washing, drying and keeping spills off of your countertops I cannot recommend anything simpler and cheaper than BLACK TOWELSGo to Amazon, buy four for $3-5 each, and be happy. Seriously. Black because they won’t be stained by the dark wort. Towels because that way no one will be tempted to use the kitchen towels, or use all of the paper towels, and they can sop up all but the biggest of spills.