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If I could ask, what does every one wash their Jugs & glasses in to maintain cleanliness and no residue?? I have heard vinegar & hot water is the go??
Cheers & Beers

hot water straight after use.

dry it. put it in the freezer.


I use the bottle cleaning solution - whichever one i have at the time - only if i pass out on the couch, and the bit in the bottom of the glass goes dry.

Rince hot water and dry. Not too much effort. Just no dishwashing liquid.

Brad,

If glass is showing signs of not holding head:
1. Rum and coker followed by a hot water rinse then dried with paper towel.
OR
2. Neo Pink followed by a hot water rinse then a cold water rinse then dried with paper towel.
OR
3. Dishwashing liquid followed by 2 hot water rinses then 3 cold water rinses then dried with paper towel.

If you have just enjoyed a brew and the glass is holding well:
Hot water rinse then a cold water rinse then dried with paper towel.

Cheers,
Greg

gregb wrote:Brad,

If glass is showing signs of not holding head:
1. Rum and coker followed by a hot water rinse then dried with paper towel.
2. Neo Pink followed by a hot water rinse then a cold water rinse then dried with paper towel.
3. Dishwashing liquid followed by 2 hot water rinses then 3 cold water rinses then dried with paper towel.

If you have just enjoyed a brew and the glass is holding well:
Hot water rinse then a cold water rinse then dried with paper towel.

Cheers,
Greg

Personally i'd drop the dishwashing liquid step. Does absolutely nothing for the head.

Try putting your glass in the microwave full of water, and boil on high ( till it bubbles )....be extra, extra careful when removing.

Then tip out the contents, dry with a clean towel, and in the fridge or freezer for next use.

( I must mention these steps are only for a glass that has stopped holding head. Usually i just rinse in hot water and towel dry )

I rinse with hot water only, air dry.

Wash all my glasses with bottle wash if theres a big turn out coming up and I have to impress.

My kegs so bloody fickle with its carbonation that I can never tell if its the glass or carbonation level.

I just got bad news at work, may empty my keg tonight.

I soak mine in beer..

Rinse with beer..

another top tip is to never let the glass become dry, always try and maintain a nice even coverage of beer.

warm beer is a glass killer,

before your beer has a chance to warm make sure you empty the glass and, (I cannot stress this point enough), immediately refill your glass with some cold beer.

hope this helps
yardglass

General wrote:I rinse with hot water only, air dry.

ditto

Another tip........If you want a really good heading glass, get your favourite beer glass, and engrave a spiral pattern on the bottom. If you cant get hold of an engraver, get your local trophy engraver to do it for you.

Make sure you swill and clean the glass completely, and even thoroughly, as above mentioned.

Youll find that the rough bottom will hold and release C02 carefully and slowly, thus giving you a better thicker head.

It works, believe me....a beer drinker from the glass......From Way Back.

Paleman wrote:Another tip........If you want a really good heading glass, get your favourite beer glass, and engrave a spiral pattern on the bottom.
It works, believe me....a beer drinker from the glass......From Way Back.

that's true, I worked in a pub where the landlord used to do the same thing with a drill bit. ( Illegal for hygiene reasons ).

you can do it yourself, get a large drill bit and gently drop it into the bottom of your glass until you get an even pattern.

A couple of points to remember though...

Drop the bit from about no more than 10mm - half inch.

Make sure the glass has a fairly sturdy base.

Thoroughly wash the glass when done.

I've done schooner glasses with good results.

Small edit to my previous - added the 'OR' it is any one of the three, not a three step process.

Sorry for any confusion.

Cheers,
Greg

Another good cleaner for glasses is Steradent. It is used for soaking/cleaning false teeth

Sprinkle a little of the powder into the glass, fill glass with hot water, leave for half an hour, rinse, dry with a linen cloth & into the freezer/fridge.

By the way, yes I have all of my own teeth

Cheers

You guys sure make it complicated! I find I get perfect head every time by just sticking it through the dishwasher. Just make sure to use the tablets with the "powerball" in them. It works well, and saves all the mumbo-jumbo of... I wash my glass with 6 week old camel piss (not 5 week old, and not 7), stick it on the roof of a yellow datsun, and dance naked around the yard shouting "let there be head! Someone give me head!"

Incidently, this may get you arrested if you live on a busy street- although you may make some new friends.

Simplicity.

Thats 6 week pld piss if you are using Arabian Camel piss. If you have a Bactrian Camel it needs to be about 8 and a half.

Also, Bactrian Camel piss washed glasses need the yellow datsun, Arabian camel piss washed glasses work better a maroon corrolla.



Cheers,
Greg

what?............My dishwasher won't let me stick glasses through her!
(Much less get any head)

so Brad, does that clear it up for you?

We don't have a dishwasher, so all my beer glasses are hand washed before the other washing-up. They are rinsed in hot water then allowed to dry.

Never had a problem.

Further to the engraving/drill bit suggestions is to use a glass cutter to put an X in the bottom of the glass, as is sometimes done with champagne flutes to encourage the formation of bubbles.

Cheers,

Oliver

Rinse with Boiling water and dry.

Every so often (usually after bbq's or other mealtime events when glasses are filthy with food oils and scraps) cleaned with bottle/glass cleaner which then gets rid of any residue that has built up over time.

I never let mine get empty so it never needs cleaning, although I do like the rum and coke method to.

Dogger

I recently bought half a dozen proper pub type beer glasses, and I have heard the one about the scratches and so forth to make the beer keep releasing gas, so I tried it on one of my new glasses, I then rinsed the glass and stuck it in the freezer for ten minutes, when I filled it with beer, it did work a little bit but the worst of it, my new glass developed a crack through the base and 20 mm up each side! I have also seen those glasses at the club that are factory made with some sort of markings at the bottom to do the same thing, but I have been told that they make the beer go flat a lot quicker, the theory being that it makes the beer release the Co2 a lot quicker, I havn't found that a problem, but then I don't let it stand around that long!