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OK, so I have been thinking about this for a while, but we all hate that we really need to handwash our beer glasses to maintain nice head retention. Jet dry is usually the given enemy of head retention: the surfactants left on the glasses is what prevents the head retention.
The surfactants apparently help water sheet off and not dry on the dishes, but the main ingredient is citric acid - to help neutralize hard, alkaline water presumably.
So that had me thinking... what about starsan, or more likely, SaniClean, which is apparently the same but without the foam. What if we were to run that in the dishwasher instead of jet dry? Am I insane? Phosphoric acid I would expect to do similar to citirc with regards to hard water (which I have), but is there some other glaring issue with this idea?
I'd just use it as routine practice, and could load my beer glasses with the rest of the dishes.
Thoughts?
Posted 34 days ago.
I love the idea. you try it, though. I don't want my wife smacking me for flooding the kitchen with foam. Report back how it goes!
Posted 34 days ago.
I just use vinegar for my rinse aid. Works like a charm and all my glasses are beer-clean.
Posted 34 days ago.
I've never had any lacing/head retention and always run mine through the dishwasher...
Posted 34 days ago.
Isn't vinegar nowhere near strong enough acid to cut the hard water?
Posted 34 days ago.
>I've never had any lacing/head retention and always run mine through the dishwasher...
Do you use jet dry?
Idk, ive had some issues (mostly from dust or other particulates though, i get all those little bubbles from a fresh glass), but mostly its not too bad. We havent used anything but bottom shelf dishwasher soap in eons though.
Do you use jet dry?
Idk, ive had some issues (mostly from dust or other particulates though, i get all those little bubbles from a fresh glass), but mostly its not too bad. We havent used anything but bottom shelf dishwasher soap in eons though.
Posted 34 days ago.
We use those dishwasher tablets that include jet dry, and I think there we may use jet dry... I honestly don't know.
Posted 34 days ago.
> Isn't vinegar nowhere near strong enough acid to cut the hard water?
All I know is that my glasses are spot free and I don't suffer from poor head retention.
Posted 34 days ago.
I use star san to cut and remove the surfactants or particulate left behind by my dishwasher or hand washing with dawn. I then rinse with water and fill with beer. Works great.
Using sani-clean as the rinse aid in the dishwasher might be a brilliant idea. I think I'm going to try it. Is there any reason not to?Posted 34 days ago.
My only reason not t, so far, is : I don't have sani-clean right now, only star-san, and no fucking was am I creating that bubbly disaster.
Posted 34 days ago.
Aw, cmon Ray....that sounds like fun!
Posted 34 days ago.
I was hoping somebody would do it. I wanted to see the pics.
Posted 34 days ago.
Schadenfreude.
Posted 34 days ago.
Something something watch the world burn.
Posted 34 days ago.
> I think I'm going to try it. Is there any reason not to?
It might harm the components in your rinse aid compartment that weren't designed to hold such an acidic compound.
Posted 34 days ago.
