sidboswell
Well-Known Member
I was cleaning old bottles last night. I found several unopened beers from 2005 or older. The three beers I've opened and tasted weren't actually all that bad considering they were 6 years or older. There was a Belgian Double which was actually OK (close to style at least), and 2 APAs which were single hop test brews (one with Amarillo and another with Simcoe which were both "new" to the homeberw scene back then). They all had oxidation, but were drinkable.
However, the inside of the bottles is cloudy with what I'm assuming is a very fine layer of yeast that didn't come clean with the typical kitchen sink rinse and shake.
I'm currently cleaning bottles for a bottle day on Saturday and am wondering if the a 2 minute soak in Star San before hanging on the bottle tree is adequate or if I should brush them out. I'm asking as I've noticed a lot of my bottles have this haze at the liquid level that I don't recall from the past....I also haven't bottled in over three years and can't find my bottle brush and my LHBS is not on the way anywhere I'm heading tomorrow.
However, the inside of the bottles is cloudy with what I'm assuming is a very fine layer of yeast that didn't come clean with the typical kitchen sink rinse and shake.
I'm currently cleaning bottles for a bottle day on Saturday and am wondering if the a 2 minute soak in Star San before hanging on the bottle tree is adequate or if I should brush them out. I'm asking as I've noticed a lot of my bottles have this haze at the liquid level that I don't recall from the past....I also haven't bottled in over three years and can't find my bottle brush and my LHBS is not on the way anywhere I'm heading tomorrow.