Using PBW to clean bottles?

[Sillytwerp]

I just stick all the bottles in my dishwasher, put PBW in the soap trays and then let'r go through a cycle. Sanitize before bottling and there ya go.

[ColdBraue]

Holy Crap! I used PBW for the first time for cleaning the labels off of used bottles. I soaked them for a number of hours and the labels COMPLETELY came off. No residue left on them at all. I could never have gotten them that clean myself. From now on I am using PBW for my bottles. So awesome.

[esobofh]

Holy Crap! I used PBW for the first time for cleaning the labels off of used bottles. I soaked them for a number of hours and the labels COMPLETELY came off. No residue left on them at all. I could never have gotten them that clean myself. From now on I am using PBW for my bottles. So awesome.

Depends on the label and the glue used... most paper/mass produced stuff comes off easy.

I would give a millyun dollars to anyone that can tell me how to get heineken labels off!!

[TheDarkSide]

Same as above...soak in bucket of PBW and labels come right off, no residue. The only bottles I have trouble with ( leftover residue ) are the Dogfish Head bottles.

[Petedadink]

My bottle washer. I hook it up to a keg with sanitizer at 15 PSI and a 2 foot section of tubing . So as soon as my bottles come out of PBW Im blasting them

[dragonhlm]

I just use dish washing detergent to get labels off. Just soak in a bucket with hot water and a scoop of the cheap stuff 15-30 minutes and you are good to go.

[BDawg]

+1 on the vinegar or Star-San after soaking the bottles.
You need an acid to get that film off. A good vinegar douche would do it. Make sure you use distilled vinegar with no 'mother' or you will infect your beers wth an acetobacter.

HTH-

[Edds5p0]

I've had good luck with Straight A and Oxy not leaving any residues. Usually takes a 15-20 minutes soak. Has anyone had any experiance trying to get Highland labels off? Or the sticky crud they leave behind? None of the oxygen based cleaners or soaps I have used will even touch them.