Smelly FV

[enda]

What's the fastest way to get the beer stink out of the FV in between brews? Bottled yesterday and gave it a good soak in hot, soapy water but still reeking this morning. I'm not convinced Coopers IPA smell will go well with the stout I'm brewing today.

[imark]

Give it a blast of oxi and don't worry after that. What remains won't add any significant contribution to your stout

[Greg2013]

You could also try a soak with some campden tablets, add about 15 of them and fill it up with warm but not boiling water, and please don't stick your head over it as it gives off some nasty fumes

[enda]

Thanks. VWP seems to be doing the trick. All I can smell at this point is chlorine

[Will_D]

Thanks. VWP seems to be doing the trick. All I can smell at this point is chlorine

Add a litre of water and 2 campden tabs. Lid on on the you can store it almost indefinitely and the SO2 gets rid of the Chlorine!

[Stitch]

Nobody has asked what material th FV is made of? My experience is the plastic buckets retain the smell. Glass the smell is gone once properly cleaned.

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[LordEoin]

I just wash them with water and leave them drip dry, then leave them stacked in between brews.
It doesn't matter if they pick up a few germs in between, you'll be cleaning/sanitizing again on brewday and at that stage the smell will be mostly gone anyway.
As imark says, it won't add anything noticeable to the beer