Using a dishwasher to sterilise you bottles ??

[Toastie]

This came up on another thread so want to get to the bottom of it .

Does anyone do it ? Does it get them clean anough and steriled ?

Cheers d

 

[abi]

This came up on another thread so want to get to the bottom of it .

Does anyone do it ? Does it get them clean anough and steriled ?

Cheers d

I would rather sanitize them in warm water for 10 mins and rinse well, takes me a bit of time but for my peace of mind. Even though it might get hot enough in the dish washer to steralise i have taken item out before and they have had some food still stuck on them and as bottles are harder for the dishwasher to get inside, so i would recomend the traditional method.

 

[Laurin]

Hi Toastie
Have a look here http://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Cleaning_and_Sanitation#Sanitizing_with_Heat it says a little bit about sanitising with heat and also how to use the dishwasher. I have never done it myself, but I am sure it works if you put it on the hottest setting.

Laurin

 

[Toastie]

Nice one thank , il have a read of that hold page when back on the pc , looks interesting .

:)

 

[lovelldr]

Quite like the idea of heating in the oven ... but still not 100% sure whether it'd be easier than sanitising the bottles with solution...

Other thing, it doesn't say how long it should be left in for, and at what heat. I would guess that 100'c would be enough in the oven, and would guess for 10-20 mins is enough?!

Also, with dishwasher solution, my dishwasher only goes up to 85'c. So, not sure whether this would be hot enough to sterilise?! Also, says not to use any solutions, but not sure whether it's possible to disable the salt and rinse agent in a dishwasher, and can't really remove them from the dishwasher... lol

 

[smurf]

when cleaning and sterilising my bottles i do the following

1. insert garden hose to each bottle to remove any sediment/dirt
2. clean with bottle brush
3. fill bath tub up with hot water and add a load of sterilising tablets.
4. leave bottles to soak for the day (or over night) in the bath

hopefully that's sufficient!

 

[graysalchemy]

Steam is a good method of sanitising and it isn't hard to rig up a network of copper pipes which go into the upturned bottles and connected to a steam cleaner or wall paper stripper.

Irt has been discussed before with photo's, but for the life of me I don't know where.

 

[Pipey]

This is how i strelisise my bottles, brilliant way to do it. Got a dishwasher off ebay for £20 and its only used for my bottles, botttles are cleaned out with a bottle blaster then put in the dishwasher, put vwp in the cleaning compartment and run it on its hottest setting. Can get forty bottles in in one go along with caps and bottling equipment, quick easy and no messing never had any problems with my brews

 

[Moley]

Santa brought me a 45-branched bottle tree together with a Videne squirter which sits on top of it.

Dead easy :thumb:

I seriously doubt if I could get a full set of bottles in our dishwasher, the bottom basket is hopeless.

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

All the dishwashers in Barnsley have tits....

BB

 

[johnnie]

Like Moley I use a bottle rinser. I put my bottles through a hot cycle in the dishwasher and then rinse with with Starsan. Did try adding Youngs steriliser to the dishwasher once. Big mistake. Never seen so many bubbles before!

 

[abeyptfc]

I use the dishwasher for my bottles and never had a problem. i don't like the idea of filling a bath and putting your bottles in, even with sanitiser tablets. the fact that your arse and your hairy sweaty spuds have been in the bath before your bottles makes me feel :sick:

 

[smurf]

it all adds to the flavour!

 

[lovelldr]

it all adds to the flavour!

Especially after a bath after having a curry! Rogan josh IPA

 

[abeyptfc]

it all adds to the flavour!

Especially after a bath after having a curry! Rogan josh IPA

No that would be a brown ale!

 

[Toastie]

I use the dishwasher for my bottles and never had a problem. i don't like the idea of filling a bath and putting your bottles in, even with sanitiser tablets. the fact that your arse and your hairy sweaty spuds have been in the bath before your bottles makes me feel :sick:

do you do anything special or just wack um in and that's that ?

cheers

 

[Devonhomebrew]

Like Moley I use a bottle rinser. I put my bottles through a hot cycle in the dishwasher and then rinse with with Starsan. Did try adding Youngs steriliser to the dishwasher once. Big mistake. Never seen so many bubbles before!

I did that with fairy liquid hehehehehe

 

[abeyptfc]

I use the dishwasher for my bottles and never had a problem. i don't like the idea of filling a bath and putting your bottles in, even with sanitiser tablets. the fact that your arse and your hairy sweaty spuds have been in the bath before your bottles makes me feel :sick:

do you do anything special or just wack um in and that's that ?

cheers

rinse them out to get any sediment out then fire them into the dishwasher, then wait to the bottles cool down the bottle straight from there. if the plates coming out of the dishwasher are clean enough to eat my dinner from then the bottles are clean enough to drink from!

 

[Toastie]

I use the dishwasher for my bottles and never had a problem. i don't like the idea of filling a bath and putting your bottles in, even with sanitiser tablets. the fact that your arse and your hairy sweaty spuds have been in the bath before your bottles makes me feel :sick:

do you do anything special or just wack um in and that's that ?

cheers

rinse them out to get any sediment out then fire them into the dishwasher, then wait to the bottles cool down the bottle straight from there. if the plates coming out of the dishwasher are clean enough to eat my dinner from then the bottles are clean enough to drink from!

cheers ., im going to try 10 at least strait from the dish washer and see if i have any problems :)

 

[seamus]

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rinse them out to get any sediment out then fire them into the dishwasher, then wait to the bottles cool down the bottle straight from there. if the plates coming out of the dishwasher are clean enough to eat my dinner from then the bottles are clean enough to drink from![/quote]

this is what I wanted to read somewhere - I know for a fact that when I take glasses and plates out of my dishwasher as soon as it's ended the steam drying cycle they are incredibly hot to the touch!!