Bottle sanitation?

[Nemanach]

I ordered a scoby on Amazon and am planning on starting kombucha this week. What is the normal bottle cleaning regimen?

For beer I fine rinsing bottles immediately after use and then sanitizing in my dishwasher before use works well. I was thinking because these are basically sour fermentation’s I wouldn’t even sanitize. Just rinse it out to get solids out and let dry. Then fill it back up when ready. Is this a decent plan?

 

[DIYer]

I would do more than just rinse. I don't sanitize, per se but I either run through the dishwasher (for quart mason jars) or just wash with dish soap by hand (for my 1 and 2 gallon glass jars). I have never had a batch go bad, so far.

Edit: Oops. I was thinking fermenters, not bottles. But I do the same with bottles. I reuse my store bought GTS bottles or Ikea swingtops, and I wash them, no sanitizing. But again, more than just rinsing..

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

I have specific kombucha flip-tops I use. Same as above I don't go crazy hand wash with dish soap and scrub if necessary. They are only ever getting booch or some weird experimental ferment and go right into the fridge so I'm more lax than for the beer bottles.

 

[IslandLizard]

After rinsing out, I'd still run a bottle brush on the inside, rinse again.
Let air dry for storage or proceed to refilling. I'd still sanitize (Starsan) before refilling, though.