How often to use PBW for keg

[balrog]

I buy 10# bags of sodium percarbonate off amazon/ebay and 4# bags of Red Devil TSP/90 same place(s) and mix 2:1.

 

[fluxxsimon]

Thanks for all these replies on my thread! I think I've got a better understanding on how you all think and what to do in different situations!

 

[balrog]

Its the interwebs, and HBT's idiosyncratic corner thereof -- so if you ask a question, you'll have no shortage of answers. And jokes. Maybe goats too.

 

[day_trippr]

Did someone ask for goats?

 

[SEndorf]

The practice of not cleaning kegs between brews is apparently common among some small commercial breweries, a brewer friend told me they did this where he had worked, especially with in house kegs that they knew handling history. Many times these beers are filtered in some way, so the cold crash residue would not build up the way does with many of us home brewers.

Those small breweries apparently have a shortage of hopeful home brewers wanting the experience of the big time. Working for free, or for beer.. blasting kegs with the hose... dressed in rubber boots...coveralls....

Seriously... Inferring practices between commercial breweries and homebrewing is a slippery slope. How many of us refill kegs with the same brew?
For me, a small amount of PBW for a soak and a rinse is a small task which I would not cut corners for my brew day.
Commercial breweries have to decide the cost/benefit in large volume. Maybe it makes sense for them.

 

[Dland]

^^^No problemo & I concur, just adding to conversation, as someone else mentioned not washing each time...

 

[BarleyStanding]

Who has the customer support number for those danged beer elves anyway? I have to give them a piece of my mind.

The only beer elves I've ever encountered are the ones that show up in my garage and drink my beer. I've never encountered a species of beer elf that cleans kegs; and when I do ask the beer drinking elves about the beer equipment cleaning elves, they all vanish. Oh well.

 

[mongoose33]

The only beer elves I've ever encountered are the ones that show up in my garage and drink my beer. I've never encountered a species of beer elf that cleans kegs; and when I do ask the beer drinking elves about the beer equipment cleaning elves, they all vanish. Oh well.

That reminds me of the story of the Little Red Brewer.

 

[Blazinlow86]

If I can't get to cleaning a kicked keg right away I leave it sealed up and stick it in one of my fridges until I get a 'round tuit. At that point it goes on the Mark II with two tablespoons of PBW in as hot water as the tap delivers (~130°F iirc). After a thorough rinse and a quick pressure check it gets parked until needed, at which time I'll do a Star San purge before filling...

Cheers!

I do the same. Cheers

 

[Cantina De Jefe]

I do exclusively 10 gallon batches so i wait until i have 2 empty kegs. Then i pbw one. Rack the pbw into the other. Rinse. Same thing with the sanitizer. Then i rack in the new beers. This saves me time and money.

 

[ApolloSimcoe]

For me, like all brewing equipment it gets cleaned immediately after use and a good soak before it gets used again. Yes, I'm that anal when it comes to cleaning

 

[verboten]

Those small breweries apparently have a shortage of hopeful home brewers wanting the experience of the big time. Working for free, or for beer.. blasting kegs with the hose... dressed in rubber boots...coveralls....

I work for beer and a sandwich at my local brewery. That is all I did for quite a while, and the first of their processes I learned.