I rinse out the bottle right after using, I usually do 3 or four
rinse/shakes, so the bottles are clean but not sanitized before they go into
the dishwasher, and while some water gets into the bottles, it's probably
not enough to clean them, but thats OK, they were clean before they went in.

The heat and steam from the wash and dry cycles simply sanitizes, but does
not clean - at least this works for me (admittedly my brewing career is
limited so far)

If you're not sure - try it and see - use maybe dishwashed six bottles for
your next batch, and mark the bottles.




"gephro" <jeff@henze.us> wrote in message
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> I've always gone in the other direction: rinse out the bottles after
> using, store them, then before bottling, hook up a bottle brush to my
> drill and soap/scrub/rinse/sanitize every bottle. I hate it, but I'm
> hesitant to use the dishwasher because I don't see how water can get
> shot all the way up the long neck and clean the bottle.
>
> So do you guys just rinse your bottles like I do after using? (Dump
> out, add water, shake with your finger over the opening, dump, repeat
> once, and store).
>
> --Jeff
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