Old tap lines

[slickfish]

As anyone ever found old tap line to be the source of an off flavor? I just replaced my 3 year old lines in an attempt to find the problem and it seems like that was it. Any others with a similar experience or am I imagining it?

 

[Rockn_M]

My tap lines are coming up on a year and it seems that they are starting to notice off flavors from the tap. I plan on replacing the lines and cleaning the tap about once a year. The lines are cheaper than wasting 5 gallons of homebrew.

 

[glick]

My tap lines are coming up on a year and it seems that they are starting to notice off flavors from the tap. I plan on replacing the lines and cleaning the tap about once a year. The lines are cheaper than wasting 5 gallons of homebrew.

Ummm... you should be cleaning your tap and lines much more frequently then once a year. That could be why you are experiencing off flavors.

 

[day_trippr]

Yikes! Three year old never cleaned lines?

Don't even want to think about that...

Cheers!

 

[slickfish]

I have cleaned the lines regularly but lately the off flavor persists after cleaning. That's why I changed the tubing. I picked up 100 feet of bevlex for 60 bucks.

 

[Yooper]

I have cleaned the lines regularly but lately the off flavor persists after cleaning. That's why I changed the tubing. I picked up 100 feet of bevlex for 60 bucks.

I'm changing my lines this week myself. They aren't "bad", but I noticed that the BLC isn't doing the job as well as before and beer line is relatively cheap.

 

[beaksnbeer]

I had to use the Ultra barrier tubing because I was getting a "plastic taste". I flush/clean/rinse when changing out kegs distilled water/BLC/distilled water.