Rinsing PBW... how much?

[superslomo]

I've got bottles soaked in PBW now, the labels are off, and I rinsed the outside and I THINK I've rinsed the insides well.

How many rinses does it take to keep the PBW from doing harm to the bottling? Bear in mind, I will be dipping them in water and then Starsan before I bottle on Saturday... any thoughts?

 

[smagee]

I usually just rinse once. Twice if I'm feeling paranoid.

 

[superslomo]

That creepy slipperiness seems to stick around... am I just being paranoid as well?

 

[erockomania]

You're not being paranoid. I have a sneaking feeling not completely rinsing out PBW caused a metallic taste in a couple brews of mine. There is some talk about on other forums as well.

 

[Ace_Club]

Even if there is a little slipperiness left in the bottle, a soak in a weak acid solution (i.e., StarSan) will get rid of it. So, as long as you are sanitizing after the rinse with an acidic sanitizer, there are no worries.

 

[organ]

Even if there is a little slipperiness left in the bottle, a soak in a weak acid solution (i.e., StarSan) will get rid of it. So, as long as you are sanitizing after the rinse with an acidic sanitizer, there are no worries.

This is what I do. No problems.

 

[mrgstiffler]

I just do a quick rinse after the oxyclean soak. The bottles go into the dishwasher with a liquid soap after that. Then they get picked from the dishwasher when bottling and sanitized.

 

[unionrdr]

I rinse them out then on to the bottle tree to dry. They get 5 pumps on the vinator half full of star-san on bottling day.

 

[cruckin78]

I never have soaked bottles before...I typically rinse them as soon as I pour the beer into my glass then move it to the bottle tree....On bottle day, I take a spray bottle of idophore solution and give each bottle 3-4 sprays and slosh it around and place it back on the bottle tree to drain.

Then work in reverse order to bottle (i.e. bottle on the tree longest gets beer first)

I have never had any issues operating like this.

 

[comer88888]

I soak the bottles rinse then put them in the dishwasher with no soap. Then put in star san on brewing day.

 

[superslomo]

I did it just to get the labels off. They all had the originals still stuck tightly on. PBW did wonders for that, though as mentioned elsewhere... Brooklyn Brewery bottles make it look like I drowned a unicorn in the bucket; glitter EVERYWHERE from the disintegrated foil-ey labels.

 

[unionrdr]

I get the same thing from the gold foil on the Sapporo labels. I use a funnel & coffee filter to clean my solutions every now & then.

 

[hopsalot]

I just do a quick rinse after the oxyclean soak. The bottles go into the dishwasher with a liquid soap after that. Then they get picked from the dishwasher when bottling and sanitized.

i don’t believe dish soap has a place in brewing

 

[superslomo]

I use a funnel & coffee filter to clean my solutions every now & then.

How long do you keep them? HOW do you keep them, while we're at it? I've got two fermenting buckets, a 6gal and a 7.9 that are both full of drowned unicorn at the moment... if I don't have to toss all the PBW that would be a treat, though I'm otherwise just going to use it to clean my kettle, and then my fermenters that are getting emptied after bottling this weekend.

 

[unionrdr]

How long do you keep them? HOW do you keep them, while we're at it? I've got two fermenting buckets, a 6gal and a 7.9 that are both full of drowned unicorn at the moment... if I don't have to toss all the PBW that would be a treat, though I'm otherwise just going to use it to clean my kettle, and then my fermenters that are getting emptied after bottling this weekend.

I make a gallon at a time,usually. But I also save 1/2G plastic vodka jugs for the excess. I keep them tightly capped as well. I keep them till filtering doesn't take out half of the cloudiness,or they're dingy colored that doesn't filter out. Usually 2 months or so.
But the coffee filters & funnel thing will get them pretty clean. You just need something very clean & empty to filter into.