How do I clean my beer lines?

[GenIke]

I'm a rookie kegger who just kicked his first keg

I have PBW, BLC, star san and oxyclean. I also have a DIY pump that I found the tutorial for here on HBT.

How do I clean my lines? What cleaner should I use? Do I rinse the lines with water after whatever cleaner I'm supposed to use?

 

[govner1]

If you have BLC then use it. Definitely rinse.
As an alternative. Clean your keg w / hot water. & B-Brite or PBW. Pressurize the keg & flush through your bev line and tap. Rinse keg well with hot water and the use to rinse your bev line and tap.


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[Paps]

I'm sure everyone has a different method as far as cleaning beer lines.
Filling the keg with spuer hot water and using CO2 to push through the lines would work for now provided you dont melt the lines. Then do the same thing with star-san before hooking up the next keg.

 

[ksavage15]

I just run Star-San through mine and soak the fittings. After 3-5 uses I pull the posts apart and clean those also. Good luck


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[mhurst111]

my process goes something like this:

• dump the sludge from bottom of keg
• rinse keg with water
• fill keg with around 1 gallon of PBW solution - shake well
• hook keg back up to the CO2 and tap
• push the PBW through until keg is spitting
• fill the keg with 2.5 gallons of star san solution - shake well
• push about 1 gallon of star san through the system
• keep keg hooked up until ready to fill

Depending on what was in the keg, i may or may not take the posts off and disassemble the tap.
I do take them apart at least every 3 kegs, but not after every one.

 

[GenIke]

Thanks Everyone. Keep em coming!

 

[jekeane]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/diy-beer-line-cleaner-226497/