Brand new bottles -- Wash first, or just rinse and sanitizen

[MrBJones]

Have brand new, never-been-used bottles. Do they need to be washed before sanitizing, or would a good rinse with Jet carboy/bottle washer be OK?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yup, wash em up.

 

[MrBJones]

Yup, wash em up.

Thanks. Either way I'll sanitize them before using...just wondered how well they need to be washed beforehand.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Sorry' I gave such a short answer. Cleaning is a good idea, you don't know what has been crawling around them or what chemicals, a nd nasties they have been exposed to. Now you might be thinking that is why I'll sanitize, but if there is a pesticide or oily residue for some reason you don't want that in your beer. Do you have to scrub them with a bottle brush like bottles that sat in a dank corner of a frat house? No. Maybe use some one step cleaner shake up a good bit the sanitize before filling. You'll get all the dust and stufff out. But hey it's your beer, and it's your call.

 

[bendog15]

Wash. Soak em in oxyclean for 24 hours then rinse. Why put all that work into making a beer just to put it into questionably clean bottles? Give yourself peace of mind. Oxyclean is amazing.

 

[JimEb]

The only bottles I don't wash (just sanitize) are those that have already been in my rotation. I know those got washed when I first received them and they get a good rinse immediately after being emptied.