Good cleaning practice for bottles

Rinsing isn't always enough. I noticed my beers starting to smell bad after using bottles previously filled with beer brewed with S-04 yeast as opposed to US-05 which I usually use. That yeast leaves some residue that can't be rinsed away.

I wash my bottles as follows. After pouring the beer I rinse with cold water. The next day I wash all the bottles with 0.5 g/L Chemipro Oxi (I think OxiClean is equivaled) and hot water. The foam rising up will contain grey crap if I have used S-04 yeast, even if I had rinsed the bottle carefully. Soaking a few minutes is enough unless there are small spots on the sides which I believe is called beer stone. In that case I used 4 g/L Chemipro Oxi and soak two hours. These spots can't be removed using bottle brush. I don't even use bottle brush any more. After rinsing I put the bottles upside down in dish drying cabinet. A few bottles at time fit there easily, 40 bottles wouldn't so it makes sense to always wash bottles the next day after drinking.

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