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Someone* thought they were doing me a favour by washing out my beer glasses with detergent, now they wont hold a head at all, even with bought beer. Is it possible to return them back to normal some how?

*=girlfriend

Keen to here a solution for this too. Wonder if a strong alkali solution would do the trick?

PSR.

Cheers,
Greg

You are talking about the Pink Stuff I guess. Can you by it in the supermarket, or only from HBS?

Suspect most HB shops sell Beer Glass Cleaner.

Have got a 250ml bottle from Toowoomba Home Brewers. Dilute 12ml per litre, clean glasses (rubber gloves recommended) and rinse thoroughly with clean water.

Label states "Contains: Alkaline salts 10% - 30%". Don't quite understand what that means, but sounds similar to the contents listed in some of the cheaper dishwasher detergents. But don't put your glasses through your dishwasher if you have one. Apparently the rinse aid is not good for beer glasses, and definitely not for SWMBO's fine crystal glasses.

Have read somewhere that Beer Line Cleaner is also good for cleaning beer glasses.

Do appropriate research before deciding what cleaner you decide to use.

alkaline salts, sounds like what's in Drano..

no, i'm not suggesting anybody uses Drano to clean their beer glasses

try bi-carb soda

melbourne man wrote:try bi-carb soda

Yup...Bicarb and vinegar works great for me!

yer the bi-carb cleans the glass and then the vinegar neutralizes the bi-carb

sorry guys..

always wash my glasses in the dishwasher with just powder.

always come out clean always hold a head.

I just rinse mine with hot water every night. But every few weeks or so I give it a run through the dishwasher then I scrub it with bicarb and rinse with vinegar.

Dishwasher is fine for me - I use rinse aid and the glassware is fine.

Cheers,
TL

Steralise them with whatever you use to sanitise your fermenter, always works for me if someone stuffs up

I currently use the Pink Stain Remover. Works well for me.
Might try the Bi-Carb/Vinegar method next.
What quantities of each would be suitable for 10L of water?

I think dishwasher powder is alkaline so it is not dissimilar to some of the beer glass cleaners

i get great results with hot water and normal table salt, just let it sit in the glass a few mins rinse out and they hold the head beautifully!

Chunk wrote:I currently use the Pink Stain Remover. Works well for me.
Might try the Bi-Carb/Vinegar method next.
What quantities of each would be suitable for 10L of water?

I just put a little bicarb on the rag and give them a good wipe then I rinse them in the sink which I have added a good glug of vinegar to (maybe 1/4 cup).

Cheers, Is there anything that BiCarb and Vinegar doesn't clean

Trough Lolly wrote:Dishwasher is fine for me - I use rinse aid and the glassware is fine.

Cheers,
TL

Same here TL, where would we be without the dishwasher? Never had a problem.

drsmurto wrote:

Trough Lolly wrote:Dishwasher is fine for me - I use rinse aid and the glassware is fine.

Cheers,
TL

Same here TL, where would we be without the dishwasher? Never had a problem.

I think if you use a simple dishwashing detergent it is fine. People that use the little packet soaps (with the power ball or rinse aid whatever) seem to be the ones with the problems! Some of the soaps have this built into the powder as well!