Clean lines in kegerator

[h22lude]

What does everyone use to clean their kegerator lines and faucets?

Do you wash them by hand after every keg with line cleaner? Do you have a manually pump bottle that hooks up to your line and pump solution through and then pump rinse water through? Do you have a bottle that you pressurize from the CO2 tank and automatically pump the solution and rinse water through?

I have been cleaning the lines and faucets manually by taking it apart every time and it is getting annoying.

 

[milesvdustin]

I am pretty sure you can just fill a keg with a solution of beer line cleaner or PBW and hook it up to the gas and let it run from your lines. Of course capture the flow from your tap and run it to another keg or bucket so you can reuse it on the other taps.

 

[wildwest450]

These work very well. It looks cheap, but i've been using one for 6 years and it's still good.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0037AZJGK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20



Once the blc runs out I switched to this, it works well.
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/line-cleaning-pid-CFP-1.html


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[jpc]

These work very well. It looks cheap, but i've been using one for 6 years and it's still good.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0037AZJGK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20



Once the blc runs out I switched to this, it works well.
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-beer/line-cleaning-pid-CFP-1.html

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I use something similar-- a $10 pump bottle from bLowe's or Home Dump (made to spray insecticides and the like), a little tubing, and the connector from my LHBS. Does the same thing at half the cost.

 

[stellaontap]

I take my tap apart and clean the parts in the sink (I use beer glass cleaner). Then I run cleaner through the lines and rinse with warm water. I clean my lines every three kegs if the style of beer is the same. I find though that the faucet needs the most cleaning.

Eric

 

[weirdboy]

I use an extra empty keg and fill it with cleaning solution, water to rinse, then sanitizing solution and run each through in turn.

 

[h22lude]

All good ideas.

I guess it is more a matter of preference. The pump method seems a little easier and quicker.

 

[KYB]

I just fill a keg with about 1gal of PBW solution, run it through the lines and out the faucet for a little bit, then let set for a little bit, then fill the keg with 1gal of distilled water and let that run through each line a little bit to rinse everything.

 

[kevinbrew]

Sorry for a 'rookie' question here... but where can I get a 'connector'?

I got a pump similar to the one posted above from Amazon, but it has a hose connector on the end.

And my set-up is using Corny kegs with the quick releases.

 

[kevinbrew]

I think I have the answer... looks like McMaster supply is the place to go... if I'm wrong, please correct me! But I think that's where I should get them from.

Thanks