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This certainly seems like a good and efficient way to do it. As a brewer who’s had a few batches ruined by chlorine’s malignant cousin, chloramine, I am extra nervous about using chlorine in the process. However, considering that I am also quite committed to maximum laziness, it is definitely...

I’m going to take a wild guess and say that you’re were not playing death metal as the blood on the guitar might’ve then been a bonus! I’m seriously considering a PET carboy for most of my beers. Thanks for your comment.

I wanted to report back after using the vinegar. This definitely seems to have done the trick. The glass now seems perfectly clear and not a single mark remains! I’ve got to believe it was some form of mineral deposits that formed in about 12 hours. So I’d bet that pretty much any acid...

I’ll try this in the morning. Seems very possible that this is what’s going on since I’ve moved to a different location with possibly “high RA water“. Certainly sage advice that I will keep in mind. I think I’ve been reasonably careful with my carboys but perhaps I need to go full on “eggs...

Nice and moderately terrifying! I have one glass carboy from Italy, one from Mexico, and one with no stamp which looks like the Italian one (ribbed). I’m relegating this third, possible Chinese, carboy to emergency usage only. I’m going to try to the added TSP you mentioned with the Oxiclean...

It’s definitely meant for cleaning and it’s always been great in the past. Though you bring up a really interesting idea in that there might be a chemistry solution.

I definitely appreciate your thorough and informative response. It may have indeed been better to go with the plastic carboys this time around. I just like the way that glass looks. Definitely hear you on the extreme temperature differential being the key thing to avoid. I don’t think the...

Hi all. I recently started brewing again and I’d bought some glass carboys. I cleaned them like I always did by soaking them overnight with hot water and Oxiclean. Before the soak I had scrubbed a bit with the carboy brush and this time left the brush in the carboy overnight. Before draining...

Hey all, I’ve gained a lot of value and gleaned a ton of information from this board. I’d first started brewing a little over a decade ago. However, as often happens, life got in the way and I stopped. I never forgot it though. It’s a great creative outlet and just plain fun activity. So...