The oven-baking sterilization is described here (http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter2-2-3.html).
That chapter also discusses using OxyClean as a detergent. I generally just rinse out the bottles immediately after use, so I don't feel the need to do any additional cleaning prior to sterilization. But this time around the bottles had sat in the basement for several months and I noticed some "residue" in some of them, so I did the cleaning too.
But yeah, I totally swear by baking the bottles. SO much easier than having to deal with sanitizing solution, boiled rinsing water, etc.
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Re: Bottling
Date: 2009-01-28 05:14 am (UTC)That chapter also discusses using OxyClean as a detergent. I generally just rinse out the bottles immediately after use, so I don't feel the need to do any additional cleaning prior to sterilization. But this time around the bottles had sat in the basement for several months and I noticed some "residue" in some of them, so I did the cleaning too.
But yeah, I totally swear by baking the bottles. SO much easier than having to deal with sanitizing solution, boiled rinsing water, etc.