Okay, I put my first brew in the bottles day before yesterday and I am excited about how the last glass of non-carbonated, room temperature beer tasted. Now for the two week wait.
My question to the forum is:
How in the heck do I clean my 6.5 gallon glass carboy? I used Oxyclean for four hours with a good brushing to try to get it clean. Still have a quite visible ring on the inside of the carboy at the level of fermentation. Okay, so let's put a 3 percent solution of Chlorox in the carboy. Left it over night. Still a visible ring on the inside of the carboy. Done to my LHBS to buy a jar of PBW. Mixed according to directions, got busy and actually left it in the carboy for almost an hour before trying the brush on the inside of the carboy. Still have slightly visible ring on the inside of the carboy. Also noticed at the top "angle" of the carboy that there is visible staining on the glass.
I am not excited about the amount of work this is taking. Am I doing something wrong, is there an easier way or am I being overly anal about the cleanliness thing.
Any and all help will be appreciated.
My question to the forum is:
How in the heck do I clean my 6.5 gallon glass carboy? I used Oxyclean for four hours with a good brushing to try to get it clean. Still have a quite visible ring on the inside of the carboy at the level of fermentation. Okay, so let's put a 3 percent solution of Chlorox in the carboy. Left it over night. Still a visible ring on the inside of the carboy. Done to my LHBS to buy a jar of PBW. Mixed according to directions, got busy and actually left it in the carboy for almost an hour before trying the brush on the inside of the carboy. Still have slightly visible ring on the inside of the carboy. Also noticed at the top "angle" of the carboy that there is visible staining on the glass.
I am not excited about the amount of work this is taking. Am I doing something wrong, is there an easier way or am I being overly anal about the cleanliness thing.
Any and all help will be appreciated.