re-using bottles from an infected batch

[BeerPressure]

Ive got about 45 foam-upon-opening, cant even bear a sip infected beers. If I clean and sanitize the bottles for another batch will the infection carry on? (I have solved my infection problem by replacing all my plastic.)

Should I just throw all these bottles out or is there a proper way to prep them for next time?

 

[keelanfish]

I'd reuse them. Soak overnight in PBW or Oxyclean free. Brush out each thoroughly with bottle brush. Rinse well. Inspect using flashlight. Soak in Sanitizer and you should be good to go. Maybe add a dishwasher cycle with the dry setting on in there just to make sure (but don't use dishwasher detergent as it might screw with head retention).

 

[BioBeing]

Personally, I'd soak them in Oxyclean, rinse, then a good soak in bleach. Rinse really well, then sanitize as normal right before you use them again. I'd rather go overboard than risk another infection.

 

[BargainFittings]

Bake them in the oven.

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter2-2-3.html

Scroll down to oven section.

 

[humann_brewing]

It is hard for something to survive a oxy 24 hour bath following by a 10 minute soak in star san.

 

[BargainFittings]

It is hard for something to survive a oxy 24 hour bath following by a 10 minute soak in star san.

I agree. For peace of mind I would guess some would prefer sterile over sanitized

I don't bake bottles. I have thought about it though.

 

[remilard]

I second oven sterilization.

When you believe you have clean and uninfected equipment, you sanitize it.

When you know you have a bad infection you sterilize or trash it.

 

[sudbuster]

When I bottle, the bottles were from friends and taverns etc. Talk about crap and infection. My proceedure is to wash with PBW, brush and rinse, then fire up the HWT and boil 15 min. pull out, empty and cover with sanitized al foil patch just before filling and capping. Caps are in the boil too.