Odor on bucket after washing

Wulfman · Mar 1, 2011

I just bottled another batch and after washing vigorously for about 30 minutes I still cant seem to get the beer smell off my bucket. I sprayed some star san after i washed for awhile and there still is a smell. The next day the smell was a lil more potent soo my question is does a smell necessarily mean its not clean?? Theres is no major scratches for the bacteria to cling to.

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GilaMinumBeer · Mar 1, 2011

The only way to get the smell out of the bucket os to stop sniffing the bucket.

Sea · Mar 1, 2011

Mine all smell like hops.

rycov · Mar 1, 2011

mine smell. they don't stink, but they do have a pretty strong beer (hop) smell

Acoma · Mar 1, 2011

Mine still smells like beer after I wash it.

Wulfman · Mar 1, 2011

Ok cool , thanks guys i guess i will jsut sanitize and stop sniffing, lol

Mike_A · Mar 1, 2011

It wasn't a pickle beer was it? You'll never get that smell out... :cross:

Wulfman · Mar 2, 2011

No pickles were used in the the brewing. lol

I just purchased some oxyclean and let it sit over night and the smell has totally gone away and my bathtub is sparkling clean too!!

Thanks

SwampassJ · Mar 2, 2011

Wulfman said:
No pickles were used in the the brewing. lol

I just purchased some oxyclean and let it sit over night and the smell has totally gone away and my bathtub is sparkling clean too!!

Thanks

The wife will love you.

cyraxx · Mar 2, 2011

I bottled a hoppy American Brown ale a couple months back, and I guess I was a bit lackadaisical with the cleaning up afterwards. When I brought the bottling out to package a Blonde Ale, the bucket smelled like cheesy old hops. A 15 minute soak in PBW completely got rid of the stink. It was my first time using PBW, and I don't think I ever want to use another cleaner again.

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