So my brewing habit has been on a back burner for nearly a year and I`m trying to get back on the wagon but I have a little problem... You see, some months ago I put all my bottles to soak in my four fermenters in dish washing liquid solution... and kinda forgot about them for a few months. Now when I went to crack the lids open I was greeted with a stench most fowl, like rotten eggs or onions, and it`s hella strong! I tried rinsing out a batch, then scrubbing them thoroughly with a bottle brush and finally washing them on the inside with a faucet mounted bottle pressure washer but there were still black spots and those wretched fruit flies inside some bottles. Right now I have a batch soaking in water-bleach solution about 40:1 strong as the bottle suggested for cleaning equipment but I`m still suspicious about whether I will get all the crap out of them (for some reason the bottle also said to avoid contact with glass surfaces for longer than 30mins but I`m planning to soak a full 24h regardless, dumb?)
Any tips or hints greatly appreciated! I got closer to 200 bottles so replacing them all would get too costly.
Any tips or hints greatly appreciated! I got closer to 200 bottles so replacing them all would get too costly.