Tuzlo

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What do people use to clean the inside of commercial kegs that are used keging purposes?

brewboy5150

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Caustic, Acid and sanitizer.

Trenchant

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I got mine fresh out of circulation. I simply rinsed it out 3 or 4 times with water. The last time I completely disassembled it and rinsed everything in water. Before kegging I put sanitizer in the keg and swished it around a lot.

Tuzlo

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Can the column that delivers CO2 and Beer be disassembled?

ajwillys

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When I first get them, I clean them with oxyclean and a few nights soak. The column can be completely disassembled but you will get all the areas exposed by just pressing the ball down with a C-clamp.

I rinse them several times, then put them away. When I go to fill them, they get another rinse and then sanitized.

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wilserbrewer

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yes, you need to compress the spring and turn the notched retaining washer and the stem will come apart. A little tricky, but if you are handy and persistant it can be done w/ basic tools.

menschmaschine

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Just don't mix the caustic and the acid.

If I were cleaning a keg for this purpose, I would use either PBW or caustic soda (aka, lye, aka sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide). I've read reports that PBW has trouble with beerstone though. I believe most major breweries use caustic soda (potassium hydroxide) or PBW, or an acid wash. You should be able to find 100% lye at a hardware store in the plumbing/drain cleaner section. I found it at Lowes. Obviously you need to take PPE precautions when using. Then to make sure, I would fashion some sort of mechanical cleaner (brush, scotch-brite... on a stick) to reach down there and remove any residuals.

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vav

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This thread is relevant to my interests, as i've just aquired a half barrel keg to make into a keggle.

the catch is, it's filled halfway with miller lite....from 10 years ago.

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double_e5

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I was in the same situation you were. Here's what I did:

After I cut the top off, and rinsed it out (wait until you get a whiff of what's inside ) I put about 10 gallons of water in it and brought it to a boil for 15 minutes. After the boil, I added oxiclean and let it soak for about 24 hours. Then I scrubbed it with Bar Keepers Friend (you can find it at Walmart or many hardware stores carry it).

Looks like new after that.

srm775

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depressurize it and cut the top off with an angle grinder. With the right cutting bit, it should take about a half-hour