Pet Bottles Steralising

[phillsmit]

Hi Everyone

I am a new to home brew, in fact my first brew is in the FV at the moment.

When i steralised the FV(sunday) i also steralised the PET bottles at the same time.

However i have been told that I should have steralised the bottles just before i put the beer into them.

Do you think i will be fine with the bottles steralised about 7 days before putting the beer in or am i best steralising them again?

Thanks for all your help.

 

[Moley]

If you capped the bottles after sterilising, they will be fine :thumb:

I've disinfected, drained, dried and ‘capped’ glass bottles with tinfoil or clingfilm, then left them for anything up to a month before filling, without loss.

 

[phillsmit]

Thanks for the reply, I steralised them yesterday morning and did not cap them afterwards. I did steralise the caps though.
Do you think i will be ok to put the caps on now? (monday night)

 

[andyd]

I'd do them again if I were you - it's a pain I know but better safe than sorry.

 

[phillsmit]

Think i'll have too, want my first one to go well.
Thanks for the advice. Do the bottles have to be bone dry once you have rinsed them? or is a tiny bit of water ok?

 

[bobsbeer]

Assuming you are rinsing with water they don't need to be dry. A small amount of water is fine, but do try to drain well as you don't want to water down your hard brewed efforts.