Adam Funk > wrote:

> On 2014-05-09, Tim Streater wrote:
>
>> In article >, Fredxxx >
>>
>>> On 09/05/2014 14:51, Adam Funk wrote:

>>> > On 2014-05-09, Jethro_uk wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On Fri, 09 May 2014 13:49:53 +0100, Fredxxx wrote:
>
>>> >>> What's wrong with using a dishwasher? Surely a non-eco one will
>>> >>> get up the temperatures required for sterilising?
>>> >>
>>> >> Technically, it's not sterilising, it's "sanitising".
>>> >>
>>> >> Fitting 45 500ml bottles in a dishwasher in one go ....
>>> >
>>> > ...& the shortest programme on mine takes 45 minutes.
>>>
>>> And I thought that brewing was a slow process!
>>>
>>> I think mine might just take 45 x 500ml bottles, certainly in 2
>>> batches!
>>
>> I take it you put them in upside down? Each on one of the tines,
>> f'rinstance?
>>
>> How can you be sure that will get enough water in through the narrow
>> opening to wash them out properly?
>
> I don't think you can. I notice that narrow-necked things like
> bottles sometimes come out of the dishwasher with some gunge inside
> them even though everything else is clean.

For sanitizing large batches of bottles, it's worth checking out the
homemade no-rinse solution that Charlie Talley of Five Star describes on
the March 29 2007 podcast he

http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.ph...ing-radio-2007

I've done it, it's extremely easy to mix up 5 or 10 gallons which works
great for soaking big batches of bottles; you just need to follow the
simple safety recommendations. I wouldn't do it unless the bottles were
already well cleaned inside and out, of course.

Five Star makes Star San, and I don't think Talley would talk about this
unless he thought it worked. I generally use Star San, but I think this
is a valid alternative.