Brewing Beer

angel404, Apr 3, 2:29am
Can u reuse the plastic screw on lids!

twindizzy, Apr 3, 2:41am
If sterilized

makespacenow, Apr 3, 4:11am
dh reuses the soft drink bottles.had some glass ones until one night we kept hearing bang.couldnt figure out what was going on.in the morning the garage was smelly sticky with bits of glass all over.so switched to plastic bottles.he just washes them in hot water.

angel404, Apr 3, 7:03am
Do u use anything to sterilise them! Or just plain hot water!

makespacenow, Apr 3, 7:08am
just asked him.he says he washes them with cold water only.never had any issues in four years.
if he has hot water handy he uses that.but the kit etc is in a shed so mostly cold water
he washes the equipment in boiled water though.makes couple of lots a month

angel404, Apr 3, 7:39am
OK thanks for that. My husband has just brewed his first batch and the kit says to sanitise everything in a weak bleach solution but I dont use bleach ever. But sounds like just plain boiling water will be ok which is great.

twindizzy, Apr 3, 7:44am
I would def use more than boiling water.

winnie231, Apr 3, 7:49am
This is what my home brewing mates use .
http://www.brewshop.co.nz/brewing-other/bottle-wash-powder.html