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To: OCCASparky

I don’t bother to rinse my bottles after a Star-San rinse. I do try my best not to make the Star-San foam up and bubble like it wants to do. I use the racks in my dish washer to drain the bottles upside down after a Star-San rinse. Not all the bubbles will drain out and I just don’t worry about a small film of a few bubbles in a bottle when bottling.

I do my bottle washing the night before bottling day and leave them in the dishwasher over night.

I have been told that washing the bottles in the dish washer (using the heated dry cycle) is enough to sanitize them. I do this and just to be sure use the Star-San as a final measure.


44 posted on 07/20/2012 9:13:20 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
I have been told that washing the bottles in the dish washer (using the heated dry cycle) is enough to sanitize them. I do this and just to be sure use the Star-San as a final measure.

When doing my research, I read somewhere that while using a dishwasher to sanitize can be done, there are possible problems:

1- Dishwashers will not wash the bottle insides. The bottle opening is just too small.

2- If there is any Jet-Dry present it will totally kill the foam head.

49 posted on 07/20/2012 11:16:36 PM PDT by Petruchio (I Think . . . Therefor I FReep.)
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To: Red_Devil 232
I have been told that washing the bottles in the dish washer (using the heated dry cycle) is enough to sanitize them.

My final sanitize after conventional washing, rinsing with a bottle washer attached to the kitchen sink faucet and then draining upside down for about 10 minutes was to stack the bottles in the oven (three racks, dang near completely full) and set for 230.

Bake for 30 minutes after it reaches 230, switch off the oven, let it cool for about one hour before opening the door.

Never had a problem.

.

53 posted on 07/21/2012 12:48:40 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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