Cwetherford
Well-Known Member
I don't have starsan or anything what's the best way to clean bottles without having to go to my lhbs
Mix 1 oz bleach with 5 gallons of water...after the bleach is diluted in water--- then mix in 1 oz vinegar. It is a safe no rinse sanatizer made from house hold materials and the recipe comes from Charlie Tally himself, the inventor of Star San. It requires a contact time of 30 seconds to be effective.
I second this. I used to use this method before I upgraded to Starsan and a vinator. Just make sure you do as Germelli1 said and do 1oz bleach, then 5 gallons of water, and then vinegar. Bleach and vinegar together directly will make potentially deadly chlorine gas.
Germelli1 said:Mix 1 oz bleach with 5 gallons of water...after the bleach is diluted in water--- then mix in 1 oz vinegar. It is a safe no rinse sanatizer made from house hold materials and the recipe comes from Charlie Tally himself, the inventor of Star San. It requires a contact time of 30 seconds to be effective.
Honestly, I just run the bottles through the dishwasher and use the "heated dry" setting. I haven't had any problems.
Is the vinegar required? I am out at the moment
Is the vinegar required? I am out at the moment
Vinegar is not required but you have to up the amount of bleach and you will also have to rinse out every bottle which is a huge pain in the ass and introduces you to possible contamination through your tap water. I believe that with bleach only, you would use 1 Tbs/gallon of water. Someone please correct me if my ratio is off.
The beer can stay in the fermenter a few days longer. Go to the LHBS and buy Iodophor or StarSan or to the grocery store for the vinegar to use with the chlorine bleach.
I've bottled with using the dishwasher on high heat as sanitizating. It doesn't clean the bottles which is why I wash out each bottle as I pour.
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