Recent content by HoopyFrood

Wow! I wrote to Finish (the makers of Jet Dry) and asked them how they would recommend removing the surfactant left behind from the rinse agent - and I heard back in one day! What nice people... Hermit was dead-on! They suggested using a 50/50 mixture of distilled vinegar and water to soak...

Yes, I've read of many "substitutes" for Jet Dry, but nothing to do with how to effectively remove it. I could try the salt scrub... If anyone is curious I have middle-of-the-road water when it comes to soft vs hard. But I know from drinking beers at restaurants and the same beers at home...

Unfortunately I didn't know of the evils of rinse agents like Jet Dry until recently. I have a large back log of bottles to be used for beer bottling and a bunch of beer glasses that I've run through the dishwasher (some glasses have been run countless times). Is there any way to get rid...

I also am suffering from a stuck fermentation on an Imperial Stout (O.G. 1.114). It stuck at 1.052 after a few days of very vigorous activity. I left it for two weeks in the primary and transferred it to the secondary. It's been in the secondary for a few weeks with no gravity changes and I...