kegging between beer / soda

[repomanz]

Hey folks,

Historically I've only put beer through my kegs/beer lines but I have an empty keg at this point and was thinking of doing a root beer kit and kegging it.

In between beers i typically run oxyclean, flush with water, remove posts and clean taps as well.

Am I going to need to replace my beer line if I keg and run root beer through my beer line and perlics? The last thing i want is my beer having a root beer off flavor

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Yes. You'll need to replace all the gaskets on the keg also. You'll need more liquid line to do a rootbeer anyways...so you're better off just buying a length of line for rootbeer only. Root beer will need to be carbed around 30psi. I needed 20' of line to pour it without the entire glass being foam.

 

[JuanMoore]

If you use barrier tubing you can flush it out and not have any lingering flavors. This is mostly applicable to rootbeer followed by a lighter soda though, since running beer at serving pressure through the 20-30' of line required for soda makes for a very very slow pour. I second the reccomendation above for a dedicated rootbeer line. The faucets can be cleaned easily, so there's no worry about them holding flavors. As a general rule, once something other than SS is used for rootbeer, it should only be used for rootbeer, or possibly Dr Pepper/Mr Pibb since they're almost as bad.

 

[repomanz]

thanks for the replies. Do you know if there good recipe site out there for clone sodas?