First off I want to say thank you to everyone at this forum, you guys are great and have helped me start to learn this craft and I am very appreciative. This site is such an amazing resource for beginners like me.
I'm bottling the second batch I've ever done, it's high ABV double IPA extract brew and I can't wait to try it.
I didn't want to buy more empty bottles so I've been saving bottles after buying commercial beer. After I drink the brew I washed the bottles out with plain old water. After I had about 50 bottles I soaked them in PBW and removed the labels and gluey gunk, rinsed and put them in a box in a dark closet where they sat for three weeks. I did not think to store them upside down so there was a small amount of water in them for those three weeks.
So now I'm ready to bottle my IPA and I'm wondering about sanitizing these bottles. My plan is to put them upside down in the dishwasher and run with no soap on sanitize setting (it's a 200 minute cycle on my dishwasher) and then letting them cool overnight in the dishwasher. Then the next day dip each bottle in starsan and immediately bottle.
Is this an adequate method? I want to ensure all of the bacteria is dead if there was any from the small amount of water that sat in each bottle for the three weeks.
What do you think?
I'm bottling the second batch I've ever done, it's high ABV double IPA extract brew and I can't wait to try it.
I didn't want to buy more empty bottles so I've been saving bottles after buying commercial beer. After I drink the brew I washed the bottles out with plain old water. After I had about 50 bottles I soaked them in PBW and removed the labels and gluey gunk, rinsed and put them in a box in a dark closet where they sat for three weeks. I did not think to store them upside down so there was a small amount of water in them for those three weeks.
So now I'm ready to bottle my IPA and I'm wondering about sanitizing these bottles. My plan is to put them upside down in the dishwasher and run with no soap on sanitize setting (it's a 200 minute cycle on my dishwasher) and then letting them cool overnight in the dishwasher. Then the next day dip each bottle in starsan and immediately bottle.
Is this an adequate method? I want to ensure all of the bacteria is dead if there was any from the small amount of water that sat in each bottle for the three weeks.
What do you think?