BillTheSlink
Well-Known Member
I just finished my first bottling, a Hefe Weizen. Let's just say I'll have to systematically rethink my procedures; OK it was a disastrous mess.
This is the problem: we all know clean (remove all organic matter) and sanitize (kill germs left behind). Well, I can't get it all. It's a six and 1/2 gallon glass carboy. I scrubbed the thing so hard I think I've scratched it. There are now what look like "little hairs" in the bevel towards the top. I soaked and scrubbed with PBW until I thought I would die, and still here and there are tiny specs of what appear to be hop pellet residue. Very, Very, tiny and maybe ten of them. If it takes more work than this I want out. Do I gotta get them out?
BillTheSlink
This is the problem: we all know clean (remove all organic matter) and sanitize (kill germs left behind). Well, I can't get it all. It's a six and 1/2 gallon glass carboy. I scrubbed the thing so hard I think I've scratched it. There are now what look like "little hairs" in the bevel towards the top. I soaked and scrubbed with PBW until I thought I would die, and still here and there are tiny specs of what appear to be hop pellet residue. Very, Very, tiny and maybe ten of them. If it takes more work than this I want out. Do I gotta get them out?
BillTheSlink