Features:

  • PBW - 1 lb container
  • Safe, effective cleaner for home brewing
  • Use PBW in a concentration of 3/4 oz, on up to 4 oz per gallon of 100-160 f water, depending on soil load to be cleaned
Powerful yet gentle cleaning agent

We have several vacation rentals near the beach. We do not use ANY environmentally damaging cleaners. We are committed to helping to protect the lovely oceans, but also because many of our visitors are allergic to perfumes and chemicals, we always use the least amount of them possible. I add PBW Five Star to spray cleaners or sprinkle directly onto to tough stains or built-up crud~even a tablespoon to the bottle of liquid laundry detergent. Sinks, toilets, counter tops are shiny, clean and smell wonderful. Laundry is clean and soft, ALL odor removed. PRO TIP: If you mix a small amount of PBW with a peroxide-based cleaner (Clorox makes a good one so does Pyoure) you have one of the most potent germ-fighting cleaners out there, without harsh, lung-damaging chlorine gas. I cannot recommend this product enough. As a bit of a clean-fiend, I really know my cleaning products. I NEVER buy cheap, polluting, health-damaging chemicals. Not a bargain in the long run. Okay, good luck! I'm off to finish buying another box of PBW.

This is a great cleaner. I keep a small plastic container with ...

This is a great cleaner. I keep a small plastic container with a screw top with this stuff on hand near the kitchen sink. I reuse those plastic 59/64oz juice containers to blend/freeze my own juice with whatever is in season, watermelon, berries, banana, etc., and also make kombucha and bottle it in glass and plastic containers. A tiny amount of this with just a bit of warm water and shake around the container will remove any residue on the inside, unlike dish detergent and a lot of other cleaners. Once clean, pour same mixture into the next container to clean, a little goes a long way. 4 lbs will last me forever. I also bought some of that star-san rinse but don't use it because the residue from this washes away quickly with a couple plain water rinses.

Works just great for cleaning out my contigo/stanley/starbucks travel mugs.

Works just great for cleaning out my contigo/stanley/starbucks travel mugs. WARNING: DO NOT put this plus hot water in a travel mug and then attach the lid. Part of my Stanley travel mug literally exploded from doing this (I guess the powder releases additional heat and/or pressure when reacting with water). The buttons and seals blew, and steam shot everywhere. Now, I just use relatively hot water with this mixed in, add it to my travel mugs, let it sit for a half hour, THEN install the lid and drain the contents. Then I refill twice with hot water to wash/drain again. Takes only minutes to remove caked on coffee/tea stains.

temp really matters, soak time really matters, flow rate really matters

Love this stuff. My cousin the brewer told me about it... but my use was to clean some yellow goo from my RV water pipes. No idea what it was or where it came from, but running clorox through the clear vinyl pipes turned them white, then later they turned yellow. Odd. I thought the clorox had damaged the pipe, but PBW circulated through the system dissolved the goo in ugly chunks and my pipes are perfectly clear again. I'm no expert, but it seems that cool water will almost not work at all, while hot water may melt plastic parts.

Great brewing glass cleaner

PBW stands for Powdered Brewery Wash. It is a great cleaner for glass bottles and brewing jars! Note that it's a cleaner and not a sterilizer. I brew Kombucha, and it powers off any residue - it's not only a soap free cleaner, but has peroxide-like bubbling action to get off stuck on stuff. For brewing jars, it's probably overkill, but is necessary for my reusable bottles as I do secondary fermentations with fruit pulps. For bottle/brewing jar washing, I use 1T/gal in tap hot water and let sit for about 30 min and rinse. It hasn't caused any problems with my KT fermentations. I initially got the 1 pound jar, but I use it enough that going to the bigger size was more cost effective. The container says it's "A safe, environmentally friendly cleaner" but doesn't say what's in it, except for a caution that it contains sodium metasilicate. It gives instructions for use on brew kettles, food processing vessels, and says it can clean carbonized, protein or greasy baked on soils on fryers, grills, baking pans, cookie sheets, plates and silverware, and can be used in the dishwasher to remove stubborn stains from plates, plastic and glass. It does caution to avoid use on teflon coated items.

The absolute best cleaner for burned-on crustification on all your glass and metal cookware (including brew pots and fermenters)

I originally bought this product for cleaning up a 15 gallon stainless steel boil pot after homebrewing sessions. After seeing how it removed burned, crusty remnants on the bottom of the pot, I immediately realized this was going to be great for all of our stainless steel cookware. Actually, it's fantastic for any cookware (glass, metal) that has crustified or burned-on scuz. Fill whatever it is you're cleaning with hot water, add just a little bit of PBW, mix it up, and let it sit. All of that burned-on garbage comes right off. Stainless steel never looked so clean. It's a Christmas miracle, this stuff.

Magic dust that removes coffee scum and stains.

This stuff is AWESOME. My wife thinks coffee pots should be seasoned. Meaning, it should never be cleaned. That's gross. I don't drink coffee but I'm the one making it and cleaning the thermal carafe and this took care of the stains VERY EASILY. And, it doesn't require a lot of product to do so. I mean, this made the carafe look new on the inside. 1 pound will last me a long time because I don't clean it every day or even every week. Maybe once a month so this'll last several years. I should test it on other stains around the kitchen...

Superb for glassware

This is the best glassware cleaner I have found. Leaving the solution overnight in my glass bong removed stains that has persisted for five years and three other cleaning solutions. It is now clean as a whistle and I never thought it would be back to its original condition!

This is great stuff. Buy it!

This is the second jar of PBW I've bought, and it is great for getting burned on food out of stainless steel pans. I note that answers to questions say it is safe on aluminum, but the aluminum I used it on lost its shine with the crud. Now scouring off the baked on crud will leave bigger scratches, so you may want to test it first and use it, because after soaking over night, crud comes off with light rubbing and rinsing. It also whitens sinks that have lost their sheen due to abrasive cleaners.

This stuff is fantastic!

I have never had my brew kettle or kegs so shiny and clean. Even with Scotchbrite and scouring stones, it was hard to get the corners/seams and around fittings clean. I soaked it overnight as instructed and BAM! Clean. My kegs were easier, just a 15 minute soak took off all the residuals. I also ran it through my taps and it cleaned out stuff I did not know was even in the lines! I will be putting this stuff on everything! Next up, see how it tastes on toast.

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