Scottatron
Active Member
I have been saving up standard beer bottles to reuse for my first brew which will be sometime next week. I brought in some from a neighbour but they were dirty so I decided to take them back to the store. That promoted me to look at the ones I have been saving up so far (maybe 20 - 30 or so) and some were definitely growing something. The really bad ones I just added to my pile to return.
So I sprayed the remaining ones down with the hose and took them into my basement from my garage but some are still a little bit dirty. So I have a couple of questions:
1. Will cleaning these out with soap, bottle brush and sanitizing them before putting my primed beer in be good enough? (I assume so).
2. Is dish soap ok to clean with before sanitizing? I don't have a dishwasher.
3. I bought a rinse santizer because I couldn't find any no rinse around my area. Will rinsing with tap water be alright or should I rinse with spring water? (ie. will the tap water add any flavouring to the beer just from rinsing?)
4. Should I clean these bottles with soap now and again before brewing or is it ok to just leave them there?
So I sprayed the remaining ones down with the hose and took them into my basement from my garage but some are still a little bit dirty. So I have a couple of questions:
1. Will cleaning these out with soap, bottle brush and sanitizing them before putting my primed beer in be good enough? (I assume so).
2. Is dish soap ok to clean with before sanitizing? I don't have a dishwasher.
3. I bought a rinse santizer because I couldn't find any no rinse around my area. Will rinsing with tap water be alright or should I rinse with spring water? (ie. will the tap water add any flavouring to the beer just from rinsing?)
4. Should I clean these bottles with soap now and again before brewing or is it ok to just leave them there?