Re-using commercial bottles

[thunderwagn]

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...

 

[slym2none]

That's pretty much all I do, chunkwagon. Well, I actually StarSan them well ahead of bottling & then again right before bottling, but the "pre-game" ritual is the same as yours otherwise.

 

[KPBrews]

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.

 

[BrewSavage]

90% get rinsed and stored well enough that on bottling they get a quick jet of water to get any dust then star san.

 

[pshankstar]

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...

I do the same thing with no issues.

 

[thunderwagn]

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.

That's basically what I've been doing. I never really thought about it till now lol.