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"JamesM":r9ogurhr wrote: Do whatever it takes to get them visually clean. If you can do that without washing up l liquid, great. If you do use make sure you give a gopd rinse.
The key is to sanitise once theyre visually clean.
I washed mine with mild wu liquid once at the very beginning. A rinse in water does them after that. But always sanitise, I personally use the vinegar/bleach trick for this.

Sent from my phone, so excuse any bad spelling.[/quote:r9ogurhr]

Thanks James
I got my son to do them lol
He thought it was amusing when the brush sprays you when you take it out
So I soaked them for half an hour then he did them in hot plain water

Cheers

"JamesM":1sr7mzsf wrote: Do whatever it takes to get them visually clean. If you can do that without washing up l liquid, great. If you do use make sure you give a gopd rinse.
The key is to sanitise once theyre visually clean.
I washed mine with mild wu liquid once at the very beginning. A rinse in water does them after that. But always sanitise, I personally use the vinegar/bleach trick for this.

Sent from my phone, so excuse any bad spelling.[/quote:1sr7mzsf]

Thanks James
I got my son to do them lol
He thought it was amusing when the brush sprays you when you take it out
So I soaked them for half an hour then he did them in hot plain water

Cheers

I have to admit, I'm a very lazy bottle washer (though I like the idea of getting m son to do it!). I usually rinse out the bottle shortly after drinking a beer, then just drain. To me, that's been physically clean enough, then I sanitise using either StarSan or the bleach and vinegar solution (both no rinse). I've yet to have a problem with a bottle. Well, I've a problem with bottling as a process, as it must be one of the most boring parts of home brewing <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

I do however check each bottle before sanitising, just in case a spider got in, or a bottle wasn't rinsed out by accident.

thanks lads

my bottling didnt go to plan, my digital scales was broken
and i didnt fancy winging it in cups or any of that,

so new scales in hand, its on for later,
a couple of questions though if y'all can oblige!
pretty innate im sure but im a learner!

1: i sanitised all my bottles last night and left them
draining on the dishwasher racks, im sanitising again
is it necessary, i assume so they arent sealed and have been there 24hrs more or less?

2: is the b/v mix i did last night still viable?
its in a bucket fermemnter with the lid on, its room temp now does it need to be warm?

3: when doing priming calculations do you enter the amount you have now or the expected volume after leaving the trub behind or is that just splitting hairs?

many thanks

Just my 2c.

I'm fussy about sanitising, so I would do it again, unless you were sure they were kept in a clean, closed space.

Your B/V mix should be fine to reuse. I often keep some in a spray bottle, and use it again after a couple of weeks. I hope I'm not assuming wrong <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

And for your cals, calculate for the volume you are bottling, so minus the trub you'll leave behind, otherwise, your calculating for more liquid than you actually have in your bottling bucket/bottles and might get a bit of over carbonation.

Hope this helps <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

cheers barry,

thats perfect

its nice to see how nonchalant a lot of you are about the process, my kitchen i like a sealed area!
(remember when they took ET out of the house in the tube!) <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

one more thing i forgot to bring up is Oxi Clean
is this a homebrew product or a household thing?
i couldnt find it in two local tescos,
is it the best thing for when bottles need a proper scrub
with regards to detergent head retention issues etc etc
i picked up soda crystals as it all i could find, are these useful?

cheers

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