JBrady

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hello I was just wondering if there is any product that I could find at the local walmart or winn dixie store that will clean my better bottles out without damaging them or leaving off flavors in my next batch of beer? After 10 or so uses now they are getting a little hazy with hop and yeast residue that i can't get removed. thanks for any info.

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Primary: Empty

Bottled: Janet's Brown, Session Dry Stout, Yellow Fly Cream Ale

Gallons Brewed In 2011-40

EvilGnome6

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1) Add a scoop of oxyclean
2) Fill up with water
3) Wait several days
4) Rinse

Seriously, it's that easy. The oxyclean will disintegrate all the organic material in a few days. Just let it do the work for you.

Neonsilver

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Just a couple things to add.
Use oxyclean free
If you're in a hurry just fill it up part way and shake the crap out of it. If that doesn't get rid of everything put a washcloth in the mix and shake again. I've cleaned all of mine this way and it's done in under 10 minutes.

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On deck - AAA x2, Irish red
Primary - Baltic porter, IIPA, Mild, ESB, Milk stout, Scottish 80
Secondary - American Barleywine
Bottled - Gingerbread ale, IPA, Brown porter, RIS, Better than dead x2, APA x2, Kolsch

EvilGnome6

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That's what I used to do but one time I spent half an hour trying to shake a wash cloth around to get rid of a particularly persistent krausen ring. My arms got tired so I gave up, filled it with oxyclean solution and walked away. Two days later the krausen ring had disintegrated. Not a good solution if you're in a hurry but much less effort.

Neonsilver

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I need to start doing it your way but for some reason I'm always in a hurry when I need one. Mostly my planning just needs some work.

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On deck - AAA x2, Irish red
Primary - Baltic porter, IIPA, Mild, ESB, Milk stout, Scottish 80
Secondary - American Barleywine
Bottled - Gingerbread ale, IPA, Brown porter, RIS, Better than dead x2, APA x2, Kolsch

Hethen57

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I have had good luck with warm water, sanitizer and vigorous shaking in every direction immediately after racking or bottling (takes 3-5 cycles of this over 5-10 minutes)....I think if you were to wait a day or so, it would probably be more difficult because things get dried on, so do it before you call it a night and be done with it. If you don't need it right away, a good soaking in the solution would be best, as others have suggested.

mojotele

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Instead of OxiClean Free you can also use the Sun Oxygen Cleaner they sell in dollar stores. It is just sodium percarbonate (the active ingredient) and sodium carbonate (which they mix with hydrogen peroxide to make the sodium percarbonate and is also what is left in the water after the oxygen escapes).

OxiClean is also just a sodium percarbonate cleaner, and Sun is much cheaper than OxiClean. I got 6 pounds for $5.

Cheaton

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I found that PBW works better on my BB than Oxyclean, and rinses cleaner in my hard water.

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Primary - Plain Pub Bitter

Bottled - Brewer's Best English Brown Ale (Suprisingly good!), EdWort's Apfelwein, Cleveland Winter Pale Ale

Tap-A-Drafted - Sweet Baby Stout

On Deck -

brewagentjay

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why oxiclean or oxiclean free? Curious?

I compared the oxiclean free & oxiclean orginal and I see same ingredients....

The only one that was different was some sort of smell good version of oxiclean which I knew was bad idea.

I also compared the sun stuff and it was pretty much the same stuff as oxiclean orginal.....I went will real version
just incase but think I'll move to the cheaper stuff as soon as I find a store that has one with out the smell fresh scent added.

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Teufel Hunden Brewing Company

Primary - Apfelwein v2, JChrapewein, Light Scottish Ale, SW 420 v2, Devil Dog Ale Version 2
Secondary - OxiClean
Just Bottled - Jay's Irish Stout
On Deck - The Orginal Fat Tire
Planning - "Hail to the Chief -IIPA", "The Straw Berry Blonde"
NTBA - Wicked Ale

Semper Fi

JiveTurkey

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Oxi Clean free doesn't have any scents that can stick to the surface, potentially getting into your beer later.

The best advice I can give you is clean stuff after it gets used. It should always be the last step in any stage of the process.

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Aging for 1 Year: #1 LHBS Standard (Dry) Stout
In bottles: #2 Honing Wit (Belgian Wit Bier w/honey); #3 Be Hoppy, Not Bitter ("Oregon" Pale Ale: APA using Oregon-inspired ingredients and lots of late-addition/dry-hops); #4 American Red-Head (Irish Red made from American ingredients); #5 Student Power Orange Ale (Orange-hued amber ale for a wedding)
Primary: [n/a]
On deck: [Thinking about it]