srl135
Well-Known Member
Done a lot of reading and not sure if i royally screwed up or not.. just wondering what the consensus on here would be.
I bottled my first batch on Friday night, the bottles were purchased new but were dusty. I didnt scrub them, just submerged (and filled) them several at a time in an idophor solution for a minimum of 3 minutes each, then placed them on clean diswasher racks to drip clean. I immediately filled them while they were dripping dry. I guess i thought the idophor solution would take care of everything since they had never been used before...
The concern i am thinking of is whether my 'sanitation' was not adequate. Anyone ever done anything close to it?
I am planning to open a bottle at day 7 just to see how it smells and if there is any carbonation forming, i am aware it will most likely be a sacrifice.
If i sacrifice a bottle, anything in particular i should look/smell for?
I bottled my first batch on Friday night, the bottles were purchased new but were dusty. I didnt scrub them, just submerged (and filled) them several at a time in an idophor solution for a minimum of 3 minutes each, then placed them on clean diswasher racks to drip clean. I immediately filled them while they were dripping dry. I guess i thought the idophor solution would take care of everything since they had never been used before...
The concern i am thinking of is whether my 'sanitation' was not adequate. Anyone ever done anything close to it?
I am planning to open a bottle at day 7 just to see how it smells and if there is any carbonation forming, i am aware it will most likely be a sacrifice.
If i sacrifice a bottle, anything in particular i should look/smell for?