I usually wash my bottles using regular dishsoap, rinse well, then let dry. Had a bad experience with carbination with a batch which was probably a temperature issue but I read some of the forum stuff and found that dishsoap could hamper foam. So I still wash the bottles the same way but prior to bottling I send them through the dishwasher, no soap, just to rinse and dry at high temp, then let them soak in Star San. My question is, when using the dishwasher, does the rinse aid that’s used in dishwasher to prevent spotting have any effect?
Yep, from what I have read, don’t use the dishwasher soap, only the hot water / drying feature.
Tis what I do Stealth. Was just concerned about the rinseaid as I have read that dishsoap itself can wreak havoc on a head of beer. Wondering if the rinseaid might do the same.
Yes, I think it will, as the warnings for the use of diswasher detergent say that some of the additives for the “sheeting action”, ( re: rinse aid), are the head killers and what not.
I plug the rinse aid dispensing hole with a wad of paper towel. Don’t know if it helps or not because even my non dishwasher bottles don’t have much head retention.
No need to sanitize after running them through the sanitize cycle of a dishwasher. Clean them well before hand. I don’t think much water will get inside the bottles to get any dried yeast or beer residue out.
All I have ever done is rinse the bottle out, 3 rinses…even it it’s a commercial beer bottle and then I use Starsan on them right as I’m bottling.
3 rinses after drinking. The 2nd rinse involves hand over mouth of bottle and shaking. Spray bottle of hand sanitizer under the sink gets used right away. Sanitize again before bottling (I submerge then put on a bottle tree).
