[ahgrafx]

Hello everyone I'm wondering if you guys go through the process of pbw with brand new 5 gallon Italian glass carboys or just go straight to starsan?

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[Oiscout]

Never hurts to give it a good cleaning! Takes a few minutes and may save your beer. They say you cant sanitize whats not clean


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[BrewBama]

Hello everyone I'm wondering if you guys go through the process of pbw with brand new 5 gallon Italian glass carboys or just go straight to starsan?

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They say there’s two kinds of carboys: broken ones and those that will. Carboys will slice your arm, leg, or worse.  Use plastic or better yet, stainless.

Cheers!



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[RC]

Personally, I would skip the cleaning and sanitizing of a new glass carboy, and instead travel back in time and not buy one in the first place. Using a glass carboy is like holding a bomb with a lit fuse.

If you must use it, it just needs a quick rinse before sanitizing. There is no crud in it since it's new, and so there is no need for soaking with a cleaner. They are very slippery when wet, especially when PBW is involved, so be extremely careful.

[Big_Eight]

PBW wouldn't hurt and then sanitize with Starsan. Be sure to get a good carboy carrier strap for safety.

[fredthecat]

i have used glass for the first 5 years of my brewing, switched to some glass, some non-better bottle brand PET carboys, and am now using glass again.

i felt like i was getting oxidation in the PET carboys. they were widemouth type.


i should try better bottle again. everyone here says they work fine.

[Oiscout]

PBW wouldn't hurt and then sanitize with Starsan. Be sure to get a good carboy carrier strap for safety.

I second the strap, a kettle with a valve is going to be your best friend when using carboys as well!


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[denny]

i have used glass for the first 5 years of my brewing, switched to some glass, some non-better bottle brand PET carboys, and am now using glass again.

i felt like i was getting oxidation in the PET carboys. they were widemouth type.


i should try better bottle again. everyone here says they work fine.

I think it might have been your imagination.

[fredthecat]

i have used glass for the first 5 years of my brewing, switched to some glass, some non-better bottle brand PET carboys, and am now using glass again.

i felt like i was getting oxidation in the PET carboys. they were widemouth type.


i should try better bottle again. everyone here says they work fine.

I think it might have been your imagination.

full truth, it might have been other factors or poor practices, as i was in korea at a time when virtually no one had heard of homebrewing there (now it's popular). i was scrounging various materials for equipment.

[ahgrafx]

Never hurts to give it a good cleaning! Takes a few minutes and may save your beer. They say you cant sanitize whats not clean


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I have 7 coming and it's such a hassle

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[ahgrafx]

Hello everyone I'm wondering if you guys go through the process of pbw with brand new 5 gallon Italian glass carboys or just go straight to starsan?

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They say there’s two kinds of carboys: broken ones and those that will. Carboys will slice your arm, leg, or worse.  Use plastic or better yet, stainless.

Cheers!



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Can't age in plastic

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[ahgrafx]

Personally, I would skip the cleaning and sanitizing of a new glass carboy, and instead travel back in time and not buy one in the first place. Using a glass carboy is like holding a bomb with a lit fuse.

If you must use it, it just needs a quick rinse before sanitizing. There is no crud in it since it's new, and so there is no need for soaking with a cleaner. They are very slippery when wet, especially when PBW is involved, so be extremely careful.

I know that is why I want to skip the pbw, I have cut proof sleeve protectors and gloves I wear. You can't age in plastic I'm doing cider there is no other option

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[ahgrafx]

i have used glass for the first 5 years of my brewing, switched to some glass, some non-better bottle brand PET carboys, and am now using glass again.

i felt like i was getting oxidation in the PET carboys. they were widemouth type.


i should try better bottle again. everyone here says they work fine.

That is what I say, you can't age in plastic it is permeable you will get oxidation.

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[ahgrafx]

i have used glass for the first 5 years of my brewing, switched to some glass, some non-better bottle brand PET carboys, and am now using glass again.

i felt like i was getting oxidation in the PET carboys. they were widemouth type.


i should try better bottle again. everyone here says they work fine.

I think it might have been your imagination.

Nope they are permeable

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[denny]

Personally, I would skip the cleaning and sanitizing of a new glass carboy, and instead travel back in time and not buy one in the first place. Using a glass carboy is like holding a bomb with a lit fuse.

If you must use it, it just needs a quick rinse before sanitizing. There is no crud in it since it's new, and so there is no need for soaking with a cleaner. They are very slippery when wet, especially when PBW is involved, so be extremely careful.

I know that is why I want to skip the pbw, I have cut proof sleeve protectors and gloves I wear. You can't age in plastic I'm doing cider there is no other option

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Use LBW.  There are options for aging besides glass and plastic.  And I have made MANY batches of cider using buckets or Genesis fermenters with no problem.