Beer Line Cleaner?

[Clint Yeastwood]

Can anyone tell me what's the best beer line cleaner? Not sanitizer. I mean something that will get rid of crud and beer stone. You could save me the trouble of reading the cleaning product thread that goes back to the Crusades.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Pbw and dishwasing soap. The most important part in my experience is rinsing the line as soon as you take it off.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Thanks. Sanitize afterward?

My beer lines aren't old enough to have anything to speak of lodged in them, so I have been running Star San through them and then running a little beer out to purge the Star San.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Yeah, I run pbw and soap mix through them and then water after to rinse, then sanitise before use.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Sounds great. Thanks again.

 

[day_trippr]

I'll put a vote in for Five Star Liquid Line Cleaner (LLC), a low foaming caustic that isn't prone to leaving a haze behind like PBW...

Cheers!

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Haze on what?

 

[Beerstein]

FWIW--I use BLC Beverage System Cleaner on my EVABarrier. One bottle of BLC lasts a long time.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Walmart tried to sell me BLC today via email. It's what got me thinking.

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, I have used BLC as well - it really depends on what the LHBS has on the shelf. Both work equally well.

Haze on what?

Pretty much everything.
It's notorious for needing an acidic rinse like Starsan or white vinegar if one's water chemistry has a lot of bicarbonate/carbonates, which defines my well water

Cheers!

 

[OleBrewing]

Always filled up a keg with hot water and oxy clean with no perfume. Used air compressor to blast it thru. And a little soak time. Seems to work well. Then purge with starsan and leave lines filled until tapping a keg