NoSnob
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We all know what a chore scraping, cleaning & sanitizing bottles can be. I never try to do all that plus bottling on the same today. So I do it prior to anticipated bottling date.
My routine is soak bottles in hot water an hour or so, scrape off old label & rinse outside, use bottle brush to wash inside thoroughly in warm B-Brite cleanser solution, rinse well with bottle washer attached to water faucet, soak several minutes inside and out in 5 Star iodine sanitizer, no rinse, drain on bottle tree overnight, then seal by twist wrapping a 5" square of Saran wrap over the neck & bottle opening & store upright.
Should I soak bottles again in sanitizer before bottling? I would probably use them without re-sanitizing if they were done & set aside only a week or so before bottling, but this latest batch was done a month or more ago.
Related to this is my prior cleaning of glass carboys, same wash & sanitizer & similar routine but I leave a few inches of sanitizing solution in the carboy, cap with a cork & turn the carboy upside down now & then & shake it all around. If the solution begins to appear too dilute, I add some more iodine to keep it at a good strength. Should I empty that old solution & sanitize the carboy again before I use?
NS
My routine is soak bottles in hot water an hour or so, scrape off old label & rinse outside, use bottle brush to wash inside thoroughly in warm B-Brite cleanser solution, rinse well with bottle washer attached to water faucet, soak several minutes inside and out in 5 Star iodine sanitizer, no rinse, drain on bottle tree overnight, then seal by twist wrapping a 5" square of Saran wrap over the neck & bottle opening & store upright.
Should I soak bottles again in sanitizer before bottling? I would probably use them without re-sanitizing if they were done & set aside only a week or so before bottling, but this latest batch was done a month or more ago.
Related to this is my prior cleaning of glass carboys, same wash & sanitizer & similar routine but I leave a few inches of sanitizing solution in the carboy, cap with a cork & turn the carboy upside down now & then & shake it all around. If the solution begins to appear too dilute, I add some more iodine to keep it at a good strength. Should I empty that old solution & sanitize the carboy again before I use?
NS