How do I sanitize this keg jumper hose?

[jeremyross]

I bought this jumper hose to do keg-to-keg transfers. I have two kegs. One will be filled with beer for a cold crash. When it's time to transfer to my other (serving) keg, how do I sanitize this hose? These seem to be shut-off disconnects and I can't get sanitizer into the hose.

 

[Physicsbrewer]

Unscrew the top of the disconnect and remove the poppets and springs.

 

[Physicsbrewer]

...or if you have a spare empty keg an even better choice is to fill the keg you're going to use with starsan and push it to the free keg to sanitize the hose and purge the keg.

 

[Yooper]

Unscrew the top of the disconnect and remove the poppers and springs.

Right. Use a flat head screwdriver in the slot.

One tip- there are FOUR little tiny parts that will come out. If they don't fall out, pull them out. I do this over a white paper towel.

You will have a little black o-ring, and if it doesn't appear, check the top to see if it's stuck there. You will have a spring, a little two-sided post, and the top.

Put those parts in sanitizer, and pour sanitizer through the rest of the set up. Put them back together and you're all set!

 

[andrewmaixner]

Brewhardware sells liquid jumpers that will stick in there and let you clean and sanitize and even connect it to another liquid disconnect
edit: http://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/ball_lock_jumperpost.htm
(does not fit gas disconnects)

 

[day_trippr]

Note that the plunger is shown up-side-down in this graphic...

Cheers!

 

[jeremyross]

Excellent. Thanks for the tips.

 

[JosephN]

I'm looking at finally kegging after 1 year of brewing and 34 batches. I have seen many YouTube videos that explain this exact issue. Thank God for the ability of breaking these parts down.
Looks like you'll have it taken care of in no time.