Stinky Empty Carboy

[topcon74]

About six months ago I kegged a batch of beer from a 6 gal glass carboy. The carboy was a mess inside and I didn't feel like cleaning it at the time. I filled it up with fresh water and put it in the corner of my garage. I pretty much forgot about it until last night when I tried to clean it. Apparently some funky stuff took place in the carboy over the summer. All the gunk came out and the glass looks perfectly clean, but there is a terrible sulfer smell that I can't get rid of. Anyone have any ideas on how to get that stink out? Thanks.

 

[nate456789]

Warm water, strong mix of PBW and a clean brush usually works for me when my glass carboys have a funk to them.
Soak it for a bit. Scrub it good. Rinse it. Mix another batch of cleaner and let it soak overnight. scrub and rinse again.
That should work.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Yes. Stop sniffing it.


Best you can do is fill it with water again and let it sit. I'd actually try filling it and leaving it exposed to direct sunlight.

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

oxy clean does the trick every time.

 

[topcon74]

Thanks for the tips. I think it might require several different methods.

 

[flananuts]

Go with as hot water you can and oxyclean and let it soak overnight. Follow up with a chlorine, vinegar, water solution(search diy no rinse sanitizer) and I imagine you'll be gtg. Other thing you can do is fill it up with food coloring and water, set up a slow motion video camera, and blast it with a shotgun .

 

[JonK331]

Yeah I'd do a strong mix of PBW and let it sit in the sun for several days. Then soak for a couple days with star san.

 

[audger]

oxyclean is pretty good for most stuff, but if its still got some funk after that (and since its glass) you can use a good acid wash like PBW or a strong mix of starsan to dissolve any left over residue.