Yeah for sure. I like the PBW route myself. They seem to just fall off....
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Jay
Soak in oxy clean or pbw over night. Some bottles are easier than others. Three Floyds bottles work very well for me. Labels come off after soaking just a few minutes.
There's a thread on here somewhere about which brands have easy-to-remove labels, but damned if I can find it...
Quick 5 minute soak and this:
I just leave them on now though, haha.
...not all my friends brew however they never remember to return my bottles.
Now, why do they put stickers on apples? You know, we eat the skin of apples, and we don't want to eat a sticker or sticker goo. So knock it off!
Those stickers (and whatever is used to stick it on the fruit) are actually safe to eat. Its made from "food grade" materials.
Really? Cool! Now I can't wait to eat one of those stickers!
I'm curious how many bottlers clean their bottles in oxy/pbw after each use. I usually soak mine when I first get them, or to remove labels, but otherwise I typically give a good rinse with hot water after I empty the homebrew. Then on bottling day, sanitize with Starsan. Now I'm questioning my method...
Yup. After your bottles go into Oxy or PBW, they definitely need a good rinse and then they get sanitized. Then they're stored upside to dry out, and sanitized again just before bottling.
On bottles with no labels (already used for home brew), there's no need for PBW unless there's some gunk caked in the bottom. I find if you take them as soon as you finish drinking them, and rinse them out well (add 1" hot water, shake the hell out of it with your thumb over the opening, repeat two more times), they're totally clean and ready to sanitize and use again.
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