New cleaning products

[skatz (Stevie)]

Better bottles are good up to about 140°

[case_thrower]

Better bottles are good up to about 140°

Technically, you’re right.  Problem is I have one that I cleaned with Oxyclean and 140° water and I’ve got several bulges on the sides.  So, rather than continue to ‘bulge’ my Better Bottles, I’ve taken to reducing the temp of the water.  If I can get a good clean with the tablets at a lower temp, that would work for me.

[skatz (Stevie)]

@case_thrower

Better bottles are good up to about 140°

Technically, you’re right.  Problem is I have one that I cleaned with Oxyclean and 140° water and I’ve got several bulges on the sides.  So, rather than continue to ‘bulge’ my Better Bottles, I’ve taken to reducing the temp of the water.  If I can get a good clean with the tablets at a lower temp, that would work for me.

Never had that problem.

[Craft_Meister]

@case_thrower

Two quick questions, Jonathon.

When you say hot water for the Craft Meister Keg & Carboy Cleaning Tablets, what’s the temp range considered to be?  Only ask as I use Better Bottles and they can only take up to 120°.  My hot water heater is set for around 135-140° so I back off the temp and as I don’t bother to check it I might be as low as 100°.

What’s the product availability?  In other words, how soon before I might see this in my LHBS?  The less I have to buy online, the happier I am.

Thanks.

I ran the majority of my R&D testing on the Carboy Tablets at 115-120 degree water.  They should work fine at that temperature.  Lower than 100 is not highly recommended - the tablets will dissolve much slower at lower temperatures.

As for availability, the Keg & Carboy Tablets have been for sale through the BSG HandCraft catalog for about six weeks, since mid-December.  If your LHBS does business with BSG, they should be easy to order in.  If your shop doesn’t carry them, give them a reason to and ask for them!  I’d be happy to talk to your shop and answer any questions, just let me know what I can do to help.

[case_thrower]

@Craft_Meister

@case_thrower

Two quick questions, Jonathon.

When you say hot water for the Craft Meister Keg & Carboy Cleaning Tablets, what’s the temp range considered to be?  Only ask as I use Better Bottles and they can only take up to 120°.  My hot water heater is set for around 135-140° so I back off the temp and as I don’t bother to check it I might be as low as 100°.

What’s the product availability?  In other words, how soon before I might see this in my LHBS?  The less I have to buy online, the happier I am.

Thanks.

I ran the majority of my R&D testing on the Carboy Tablets at 115-120 degree water.  They should work fine at that temperature.  Lower than 100 is not highly recommended - the tablets will dissolve much slower at lower temperatures.

As for availability, the Keg & Carboy Tablets have been for sale through the BSG HandCraft catalog for about six weeks, since mid-December.  If your LHBS does business with BSG, they should be easy to order in.  If your shop doesn’t carry them, give them a reason to and ask for them!  I’d be happy to talk to your shop and answer any questions, just let me know what I can do to help.

Great.  Sounds like a plan.  Thanks again.

[rookie_l_a (Steve Ruch)]

I found this listed in one of my beer catalogs at $9 a pound.  Even if it is way better than the $1 a pound oxy cleaner I get at the DollarTree it’s a bit rich for my blood.