Beer Snob said:I have both Star San and One Step. I am not doing this purposely but I have seen that I use one product for one thing and the other for other things. Like I use Star San for carboys. But when I want to fill a bucket and just dump things in to sanitize I use One Step. Seem to use One Step for bottles. Fill the sink with water and One Step and toss bottles in it. I'm an old One Step user so I suppose I just feel more comfortable with it, but it interesting that I seem to have different uses for each product. I do have to say that the warnings on Star San are a bit worrysome to me when I decide to read them.
Willsellout said:Well I have to place an order for some supplies I didn't think about so I will just add this to the list. By the way, I bought a 5.5 gallon pot to boil the wort. Am I going to have boil overs with that or should I return it and get a larger pot?
i would still give them a quick rinse with water before sanitizing to remove any dust or dead critters that may be lingering.... this is probably optional, though.Brewno said:I guess it's important to remember to wash the bottle everytime you finish a beer otherwise you'll be washing 50 or 60 of them all in one shot on bottling day.
Now, a question about washing. I will be bottling my first batch later this week.
I bought 2 cases of bottles and read somewhere that you don't have to wash new bottles, only sanitize?
Tommy
For you brewers lacking room/counter space I would recommend Iodophor over Star San when used in conjunction with a the pump style bottle washer that fits on top of a bottling tree.Willsellout said:...sanitizers that require no rinsing...my kitchen sink is probably the smallest sink I have ever seen...dan
Robbw said:But make sure you rinse the Iodophor sanitized bottles well or your beer will be ruined.
Robbw said:But make sure you rinse the Iodophor sanitized bottles well or your beer will be ruined.
Robbw said:But make sure you rinse the Iodophor sanitized bottles well or your beer will be ruined.
gruntingfrog said:I just dunk my bottles in the toilet to rinse before bottling. Is that wrong?
lorenae said:Is it possible to use the dishwasher to sanitize? I use one step, which is used 1 TbpP to 1 gallon. So if I put 2 tbsp (dry) into the dishwasher along with my bottles- would I have sanitized bottles when it was done? I could use the no-rinse setting (or not). Do they have to "soak" or would this do it? It would be so much easier in my kitchen to do it this way. Then I could just bottle as I take them out of the dishwasher. I'm always looking for the easy way, but I want to do it right.
Lorena
There is some contention on using dishwashers to sanitize bottles. If it works for you, fine. I'll never trust a home unit to achieve a high enough temperature and hold it long enough to accomplish proper sanitization level.Spyk'd said:You can use your dishwasher to sanitize your bottles period, without using any chemicals, provided they're already clean. Just make sure there's no soap or Jet Dry in the dishwasher as this will leave a film on your bottles. It's actually the heat or drying cycle that sanitizes the bottles, so you only really need to use that cycle, but I used to let it run for the whole cycle anyway. Also, this way sound obvious but you never know, place the bottles upside down in the dishwasher to allow ant water to drain out, sorry, had to be said.
This was what got me through the last few batches of bottles before going to kegs. Hope this helps!
bikebryan said:There is some contention on using dishwashers to sanitize bottles. If it works for you, fine. I'll never trust a home unit to achieve a high enough temperature and hold it long enough to accomplish proper sanitization level.
Spyk'd said:Ever have a baby? Ever sterilize bottles? How'd you do it? We used a steamer that sterilized with heat. We later found out that we could have used the dishwasher for this, but the counter top unit was very convenient as those of you with babies know how many bottles you go through. The fact is, you don't need to sterilize your beer bottles, merely sanitize. In this way, the dishwasher is actually overkill. Unless you have an old rickety model, go for it, I've never had a problem. As a matter of fact, alot of newer models actually have a "sterilize" mode on them.:cross:
You've voiced my concerns pretty well. You can't count on the dishwasher to get a stream of water into the bottles well enough to coat the entire inside of the bottle. It also won't produce a good enough steam concentration to circulate throughout the entire cabinet, let alone to get up inside all the bottles. The drying cycle sanitizes by steaming the water off the contents, and if your bottles don't get thoroughly coated by water during the wash/rinse cycle (and they won't), then sanitation will be spotty.the_bird said:This isn't an issue when the babe drinks draught milk.
I probably oversterilize, using the dishwasher and the sterilizing solution, but soaking the bottles in solution and draining them helps if my initial cleaning job WASN'T 100%; I don't trust the dishwasher to actually get water inside the bottles. Using the dishwasher (with the sanitize cycle) means that I'm got dry bottles and they are kept in a sterile environment until I need them. So, overkill in one sense, but then again not really.
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