Beer Glass Cleaning

[darralew]

I have aproduct called brewiser bottles& glass washing powder.It works great.
Ive had it for ages-think i got it at the supermarket.

 

[Cortez The Killer]

Never had an issue

SWMBO washes the glasses with normal washing up detergent and rinses with hot water and left to drip dry on rack

Cheers

 

[MarkBastard]

Mine go in the dish washer and I'm happy with the head retention etc.

 

[Fatgodzilla]

Mine go in the dish washer and I'm happy with the head retention etc.

If only washing one or two glasses, scrub with brush that never gets used for anything but glasses, then rinse with boiled kettle water and all is fine. Note, be careful as glass can be very hot !

Clearly its the style of detergent used in the dishwasher that makes the difference. Using anything to make glass "Sparkling" must leave a residual. I use cheaper brands when do a mass wash pf glasses and also have no head retention problems.

Glasses with no head retention get the boiling water treatment and scrubbing brush (obviously not when water is boiling or else the brush melts) and thats seems to get them back in good meld. Stained glasses ?? chuck em. Glasses are cheap - if stained, I don't trust them.

 

[gibbocore]

dishwasher, rinse aid, then i give em a blast with the steam wand on my espresso machine.

 

[MarkBastard]

^ poof

 

[tdh]

Hot sodium percarbonate soak and scrub/weak citric acid rinse once in a while, never dried and never washed with dishwashing liquid.

tdh

 

[WEGGL]

Ok guys and gals, WTF do you use to clean your beloved beer glasses?? I have tried bicardonate of soda, it does get them sparkeling clean but, no lace and head retension aint that good, I do AG and never had this problem when the glasses where new, havent changed my recipes of brewing style for a few years so lets hear it, what do you wash your glasses with :icon_cheers:

GDay all,
This is my first post and I hope I can be of some help on this subject.
Some beer glasses are made with a ring in the bottom of the glass it is called a widget, Guinness cans use a small ball in the bottom of the can, both cause CO/2 to be continually released out of solution.
What I did with a glass that always poured flat, was to get a screwdriver which had a handle of around about 1 inch in diameter and place some wet and dry coarse sanding paper over the end of the handle, fold it up the handle and tape it to the handle.
Most beer glasses are concave on the inside bottom so if you place the s screwdriver handle down into the glass and rotate it around the bottom you will cause a sanded ring on the inside bottom of the glass.
This particular flat glass is no producing an excellent head.
If the bottom of the glass is not concave it will not matter just roughing up the bottom is sufficient.
Got this from wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget.
Warren

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[milob40]

I clean my glasses in the dishwasher, no head retention problems what so ever. everyone says this is the worst thing you can do for glasses, will kill your head, etc etc. dishwasher, with those powerball tablets with rinse aid and all my beers pour with perfect head. hell, it takes a good pour to keep from pouring with too much head on some beers (stout is the main offender)

every now and again i'll give them a soak in sodium percarbonate, great for when they get greasy.

problem i have is that i inherited a heap of 10oz glasses from the tavern that the missus works at.

problem being is they are on bore water, and they are all stained yellow, and i cant for the life of me get them clean.

i made a thread on this a while back, but so far nothing has worked.

wow , i use finish poweball in our dishwasher (brand new) and the glasses come out mirror finish but are crap for pouring beer, no head or bubbles.
need to rinse thoroughly to get the glassese to behave, maybe something to do with water quality/softness ?

 

[peaky]

My glasses go in the sink with hot water and dish washing detergent, then give them a rinse with really hot water and leave them to dry. All my beers pour great :icon_cheers:

 

[DKS]

I don't bother anymore. Tried all the tricks., but.....
Brand new beer glasses labeled "Do Not Touch " end up used for milkshakes and washed up with dinner dishes. Sheesh! I gave up.
Etched brewmaster glasses can compensate somewhat.
Daz

 

[Thunderlips]

I use Brewclean.

Some glasses are just better than others.
If all else fails you could always try those "Headmaster" glasses.
You'll find them over at Ebay.

 

[bcp]

I remember the urban myth that you shouldn't use detergent on a beer glass. The problem is with water only that hop oils can leave a residue and eventually harm head retention. Dishwashing detergent is fine as long as it's rinsed off properly.

 

[mika]

All scratching up your beer glass does is provide more nucleation sites for CO2 and the bubbles come out faster so your beer goes flat quicker

 

[dicko]

Hot sodium percarbonate soak and scrub/weak citric acid rinse once in a while, never dried and never washed with dishwashing liquid.

tdh

 

[lagers44]

I agree with peakydh , hot soapy water then rinsed with hot water I also dry them with the tea towel....never had a problem with flat beer.
Issues start when you dont rinse the soap off.

 

[jonocarroll]

I remember the urban myth that you shouldn't use detergent on a beer glass. The problem is with water only that hop oils can leave a residue and eventually harm head retention. Dishwashing detergent is fine as long as it's rinsed off properly.

Myth?

The oils on your lips can also affect head retention - if you've just eaten something oily, forget about having a heady beer afterwards.

I wash mine (read: the missus has been shown how to) with hot water only then drip-dried. A good rinse with water before use, and I get no problems with head retention on a beer that warrants it.

Headmaster glasses are only useful for kicking the head out of a beer that otherwise might not do it on its own. I only use mine for milds, proper bitters, or on rare occasions commercial beers. I would never use one for a well-made IPA with lasting head by construction.

 

[drsmurto]

Still throwing my glasses in the dishwasher (powerball tabs), still having no problems with head retention. :beerbang:

 

[Fourstar]

Still throwing my glasses in the dishwasher (powerball tabs), still having no problems with head retention. :beerbang:

d/w with aldi brand dishwasher detergent. quick rinse to cool the glasses before pouring and shes apples. :icon_cheers:

 

[argon]

Still throwing my glasses in the dishwasher (powerball tabs), still having no problems with head retention. :beerbang:

mine get the occasional run through the dishy. But most of the time i just rinse after use with really hot water and allow to air dry. Seems to do the trick. Plenty of head on my beers... commercial and homebrew equally as good