Gushing bottles

[SFC Rudy]

I always rinse my bottles after pouring and use a cleaner and sanitize before using again. For some reason the last batch I bottled I took a bottle brush, cut off the handle and connected it to a drill. I put some cleaner in the bottle, ran the drill for 5-10 seconds then drained. As I progressed I was amazed at how dirty the cleaning solution was getting. They "looked" clean before I did that, but apparently were not.

 

[centralpabrewer]

Hadn’t thought about it that way. Maybe the way I am cleaning bottles isn’t really getting them clean.

 

[WesBrew]

Wild yeast got in there

 

[centralpabrewer]

Yes. I agree but from where and how can I get rid of it? Where is it hiding? I’ve been having this issue for years. I just ordered all new plastic. Hopefully that will take care of it

 

[WesBrew]

I had issues with that way back. replaced all tubing and just got better at sanitizing. not just cleaning but sanitizing everything. Buckets, carboys, fermentors, kegs, whatever was filled with water to the rim and bleach added. I let that sit a couple days and really clean out the hidden gunk. Threw everything else in the vessels to clean them too. I use iodophor for all sanitizing. pbw for cleaning