Brewer_Steve
Well-Known Member
A friend told me that he had some great bottles for me since he hasn't brewed in years. He was kind enough to give me about 80 fantastic bottles for free. The problem is that they are the absolute filthiest things I've seen.
They weren't rinsed out and had quite a bit of sediment in the bottom. Some of them were stored sealed for years and others were stored open.
I put them in my laundry tub to soak in a strong bleach solution. After 30 hours I checked on them and the entire top of the laundry tub was coated with fuzzy mold balls floating above the bottles.
I spent about 3 hours scrubbing the bottles to get them clean.
Now I'm debating whether I should bother cleaning the other half of the bottles he gave me or if I should just chuck them...
Free bottles are great - if they're clean.
They weren't rinsed out and had quite a bit of sediment in the bottom. Some of them were stored sealed for years and others were stored open.
I put them in my laundry tub to soak in a strong bleach solution. After 30 hours I checked on them and the entire top of the laundry tub was coated with fuzzy mold balls floating above the bottles.
I spent about 3 hours scrubbing the bottles to get them clean.
Now I'm debating whether I should bother cleaning the other half of the bottles he gave me or if I should just chuck them...
Free bottles are great - if they're clean.