Cleaning Beer Glasses?

[EFaden]

Hey All,

Heard a ton of varying opinions on this subject so I figured I would get some more. What is the appropriate way to clean my beer glasses? What chemicals should I use? Thanks.

-Eric

 

[kpr121]

I always just run in the dishwasher, with regular detergent (no drying agent). For my special glasses, sometimes I'll just do a soak of really hot water, especially if they are glasses that only I am using (I get a little freaked out about other peoples germs)

 

[plaidpaint]

Regular dish soap. Or automatic dishwasher detergent if you have a dishwasher. It needs to remove the hop oils from the previous beer, because they will decrease head retention. But you also need to be careful to rinse the detergent well, because any residue will also decrease head retention . And if you're washing by hand, make sure your drying towel is clean, or let them air dry.

 

[tnvol]

I wash them the same as my other dishes.

 

[sgillespie]

I wash them the same as my other dishes.

Same here. I just rinse before using, because my dishwasher tends to leave a bit of soap on my dishes

 

[ArcticBrewer]

Just wash them with dish soap in the sink like my other dishes, but just make sure to give them a really good rinse and drip dry.

 

[Pick]

We have calcium in our water which imparts a white haze on the dishwasher washed glassware. Every few weeks I had wash my beer glasses in a detergent/white vinegar solution. They come out crystal clear!

 

[MikeMayhem]

Agreed about the haze, our daily use shaker glasses that we use for tea and other drinks have faded logos and the haze from many cycles of use and wash. I love my glassware collection so i hand wash and drip dry all of my beer glasses, be it a basic shaker to a stemmed tulip.

 

[EFaden]

Agreed about the haze, our daily use shaker glasses that we use for tea and other drinks have faded logos and the haze from many cycles of use and wash. I love my glassware collection so i hand wash and drip dry all of my beer glasses, be it a basic shaker to a stemmed tulip.

Thanks for the tips.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Brewery tips 101: Table salt.

Wet the glass, sprinkle on the salt inside and out, rub it around with your hand, and rinse throroughly. Makes for a brewery clean glass and the lacing will amaze you.

 

[stellaontap]

I use a three brush glass cleaner that sticks to the bottom of my bar sink with a suction cup. The detergent that I use is "Drackett Beer Clean" glass cleaner. It works really well.

 

[jgardner6]

Hot water, dish soap, and a baby bottle brush.


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[wildwest450]

If carbonation stick to the sides, they aint beer clean. For a quick cleaning for a glass or two, a little baking soda works great. I would never use dish soap on a good beer glass. If they don't sheet the clean water off, they aint beer clean.

 

[EFaden]

If carbonation stick to the sides, they aint beer clean. For a quick cleaning for a glass or two, a little baking soda works great. I would never use dish soap on a good beer glass. If they don't sheet the clean water off, they aint beer clean.

So whats the best way to get that clean on a glass used for other stuff?

 

[tnvol]

If carbonation stick to the sides, they aint beer clean. For a quick cleaning for a glass or two, a little baking soda works great. I would never use dish soap on a good beer glass. If they don't sheet the clean water off, they aint beer clean.

Why not?

 

[remilard]

Dish detergent is fine if you rinse with lots of hot water.

What works really well if you can convince your wife to allow you to stage a few dozen glasses and clean them at once is PBW (or similar) followed by a hot water rinse, followed by an acid rinse for sequestration (star-san works well). Not worth it for two glass at the end of that night. In that case use dish detergent (unscented would be better) and tons of hot water to rinse.

Like wildwest says, if carbonation sticks somewhere or water won't sheet off somewhere, it isn't clean.

Head retention and lacing are probably 80% glassware and 20% beer, if that.

 

[wildwest450]

Why not?

Dish soap can leave residue you can't see, but beer can, you really have to rinse them well.. Actually i've had good success with just filling a sink with hot water then add a scoop of oxyclean and soak overnight, then cold rinse and store upside down.

So whats the best way to get that clean on a glass used for other stuff?

Dishwasher is fine, who cares about milk lacing.

If I get lazy, I will put mine in the dishwasher, it seems to do a decent job.

 

[wildwest450]

Head retention and lacing are probably 80% glassware and 20% beer, if that.

Bingo, if your beers don't lace all the way to the bottom of the glass, it isn't your beers fault.

 

[Montanaandy]

I use scent free soap (7th Generation brand) to clean my beer and wine glasses. I have used this for years and it works great. Montanaandy