bottle steralising

[pongobilly]

if i steralise my bottles in the thin bleach solution, will it be good enought o just rinse them in normal tap water and do the bottles have to be bone dry for bottling

[oxford brewer]

You will, as DaaB says rinse them,rinse them again and then give them a final rinse.I use tap water for rinsing and havn't had any probs yet!
I find that if i tip the bottles upside down before i fill it most of the water has gone!

[tubby_shaw]

I must admit that I don't use many bottles, but when I do I sanitise with thin bleach solution. I rinse once with tap water and then give a final rinse with slightly cooled boiled water at around 75 - 80C I find this then drives off any chlorine
I too just invert them quickly before filling to run ot the last dregs of water.

[Garth]

I do the same as tubby also, thin cheap bleach and a good rinse all the way, and I'm a bottle freak,

don't worry though, I recieving counselling and I'm on the mend

[Jim]

I always give everything 5 rinses in tapwater after sterilising then drain the excess water off. It's not necessary to dry things completely.

[tubby_shaw]

I was in Lidl earlier picking up some more bleach (69p / 5L
While I was there saw and bought these for £1.99
[img][img]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o274 ... rushes.jpg[/img][/img]
Usefull for bottle cleaning as well as buckets and boilers

[maxashton]

Is that adrit oxy cleaner?

[tubby_shaw]

Is that adrit oxy cleaner?

It certainly is

[Andy]

I like Lidls, they occasionaly have some very usefull stuff in there...unfortunately I no longer get their advertising guff throughthe door...I think my dog scares the delivery person away

Available online.... (weekly specials)

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/i.home

[Andy]

[tubby_shaw]

I like Lidls, they occasionaly have some very usefull stuff in there...unfortunately I no longer get their advertising guff throughthe door...I think my dog scares the delivery person away

What's your dog called DaaB ?
This is Herer
[img][img]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o274 ... /Herer.jpg[/img][/img]
Pronounced hairer, as in "hair er the dog"
He had to be renamed they had him called Eggbert at the rescue center.

[Hoppkins]

Jack (Not a dog but he bites like one)

[tubby_shaw]

Meet Hector (I'm considering renaming him ASBO)

I like the way you've got him trained to guard the mash tun