Cleaning bottles?

[Jtd6628]

So my first brew has been in fermenter two weeks and I am going to bottle it tomorrow I have 50 bottles i have saved up that were vigorously rinsed and left up side down to dry awaiting for bottling day. What are was to prepare them for bottling? I have C-brite cleanser with the only direction on it are use 1-2 packs for 2 gallons. Nothing about contact time or if I need to rinse it off after using.

 

[Pappers_]

Two steps, the first of which you have already done.

First, clean. Dish detergent, oxyclean, or pbw all work. Do this before bottling day. Rinse the bottles (as you did) right after you use them, before any gunk cakes on, and its really easy.

Second, sanitize. The two most common no-rinse sanitizers are star san and iodophor. Sanitize everything that will touch the beer, including your bottles, right before you bottle.

Here's a sticky from the kegging/bottling subforum that might help you https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/

If you do a search on C-Brite, you'll see that there is confusion/controversy about whether its a cleanser, a sanitizer, or a no-rinse sanitzer. I don't have any insight to add to that discussion.

Congrats on your first batch!

 

[Tholan]

C-brite is bleach based. It kills on contact, but doesn't rinse. You need a sanitizer to wash the c-brite off your bottles. Idophour (iodine) is commonly use in conjunction with cbrite, but many on here prefer starsan. I use cbrite and idophour now, but will be switching to starsan as soon as I get around to ordering it because my LHBS doesn't carry it.

C-brite will ruin your beer if it comes in contact; or so the forums read.

If you don't have a sanitizer, then lots of h2o may do the trick but then you also run the risk of h20 contamenating your brew as well. Depends on your risk tolerance I suppose. And your confidence in your plumbing.

If you can't get the sanitizer in the next day or two, no worries the beer should be able to stay on the cake for a month or two, especially since it doesn't sound like you are going to use a secondary.

RDHAHB