moldy bottles

[brockettbrews]

Got some bottles out and they had mold in them. what should i do???

 

[brewmadness]

Spray them out with a garden hose sprayer, scrub with a bottle brush, soak in bleach water, rinse, run them through a sanitize cycle in the dishwasher, soak in star stan before bottling... I've cleaned, sanitized and used many moldy bottles without any problems.

 

[unionrdr]

Soak'em in a homer cheapo bucket with 1oz PBW per gallon of water to cover'em 1-2". It should make the mold float overnight. I've done it & it works great.

 

[midlo-brewer]

Not trying to be smart....did they have beer in them or were they empty in storage, etc?

 

[amandabab]

Ive gotten so many moldy used bottles over the years i don't even check for it any more.

All used bottles get a bleach soak before they go into my normal washing/sanitizing rotation.

 

[eppo]

Soak em in oxyclean for an hour, hot water.
when you are pulling them out, pour out a little oxy and shake the bottle, then dump the rest out.
I usually put them in the dishwasher in a sanitize cycle afterwards.

 

[KevinW]

Oxyclean for me too! I soak overnight then give them a quick rinse on the Vinator w/starsan just before bottling!

 

[unionrdr]

I hope you guys are rinsing the oxclean out. That stuff is NOT no rinse. Neither is PBW,for that matter.

 

[logan3825]

Chuck them. Should be pretty enjoyable to come up with a couple of cases of empties.

 

[brockettbrews]

i soaked them in bleach water over nite and then santized them. i had beer in them before and for got to rinse them out after i used them. i usally rinse them with with bleach and then put them away.

 

[eppo]

I hope you guys are rinsing the oxclean out. That stuff is NOT no rinse. Neither is PBW,for that matter.

yes, i run them through the dishwasher after the soak.

 

[unionrdr]

I generally don't trust the dishwasher to get the bottles clean/rinsed on the inside. The opening is just to small to guarantee even,thorough contact.

 

[william_shakes_beer]

Not to be an A*$ but how did they get moldy in the first place? Did you inherit them from somebody who doesn't home brew or are they yours?

 

[unionrdr]

Some folks save'em for you without rinsing them out first. That's how it usually happens. I had to teach my son that.

 

[bjl110]

Soak em in oxyclean, run em through the dishwasher. Been doing this same procedure for a year and never had a problem. Some of the bottles I soaked dried before they got to the dishwasher. Considering I can't tell which ones they were, I don't think it affected the beer much.

 

[coolharry]

I just ran into this last brew day. My buddy came over to watch/help for the first time. He showed up with a case of empties and almost all of them had mold in them from not getting rinsed. We soaked in sun cleaner and hot water and the mold floated out of the bottles in a few minutes. I checked every one while rinsing and they all looked clean as new. He learned quite a bit that day, first being rinse out your bottles right away.

 

[brockettbrews]

they are the pop top brown bottles. cant wait to get a keg system lol!!! still love that POP sound when i open the bottles lol!!!!