kegs line hook up

[tonyj30]

Hi guys
ik was thinking about making the move to kegging my beers.
i talked to a follow home brewer with a system and he said you have to disconnect the tap lines and keg or you,l get an infection and wast the keg otherwise . i thought the whole idea was to keep it all connected so you could stroll by and tap yourself a beer night or day !
is this right ?
thanks

 

[aspiffymofo]

No, You're fine leaving it hooked up the whole time.

 

[thumpersk_a]

I leave mine hooked up unil they are gone some times it takes 6 months or more. I have never had an infection. I call bs on his statement. I flush my lines with starsan between beers and disassemble my ball lock fittings and sanitize with starsan. Hook them up set it and forget it. If your beer has no infection and your lines are clean upon hookup, the chance of infection is so fractional its not worth worring about. If you had a keg hooked up and had an infection in it or used a sour yeast and dispensed at a high pressure and hooked that same line up to an unpressurized keg or hooked it up without flushing and sanitizing id say yes you will get infected.

 

[eluterio]

Kegging is the way to go! IMO I think your fellow homebrewer had a bad experience or his beer was already infected. Many of us have been kegging and I don't think everyone of is disconnecting the line every time. I don't with my system keep it on tap and ready to go. I do occasionally disconnect the CO2 ball lock basically because I have a leak and im trying to figure that out.


I would highly recommend getting the ball lock or pin lock that you can unscrew and grab a few have 2 or 3 always available to swap. The barbed pin/ball locks are cheaper but its a pain to inter change them when you have to swap them out.

 

[tonyj30]

Wow thanks for all the answers and advise
I,m glad its ok to leave everthing connected,seemed a bit pointless otherwise !
So thats the new project sorted !
Thanks guys

 

[eluterio]

good luck