Maintenance during non-drinking times...

[Judochop]

What are people doing with their beer & gas lines in between serving sessions? (Like… overnight.)

Should I be disconnecting everything? Or is just turning the CO2 off the way to go?

And what’s the preferred procedure for keeping the beer line clean? After I finish a pour there’s beer left in the line, and I don’t suppose I want to leave that in there overnight. Do folks usually dump that out, or actually give it a full rinse?

(Sorry for inundating the club with noob questions. First time kegger here.)

Thanks!

 

[Zymurgrafi]

unless your system has leaks you can leave the gas on.

You do not need to drain the liquid lines after each pour or at all unless you are going to not drink from the keg for an extended time. Can't imagine that being an issue! It will stale sitting in the line if you leave it for say a few weeks without any activity. Just pour a few ounces to clear that out if you have left it sitting without using for a while then dump that and pour away.

Cleaning the lines can be done between kegs. Once a keg is empty you can put so hot water in the keg then push it through the line to rinse the line nad the faucet/tap. Then run some beer line cleaner (BLC) through and rinse again. Sanitize with no rinse sanitizer then you are good to go again.

You do not have to do that every time but at least rinse them between kegs. How often you fully clean is up to you.

 

[Yooper]

When I'm done drinking for the night, I just leave it all as is. I mean, the lines are in the fridge, and like zymrugrafi says they will go stale eventually, but not in a few days.

If I'm going on vacation, I try to remember to shut off the co2, just in case of a leak. Otherwise, I don't mess with it at all.

 

[Judochop]

Thanks Zymur/Yooper! I’ll go with it. And I guess I’ll find out if my system has any leaks, which I suppose I’d want to know eventually.

Just so I know what to look for... where do those leaks usually occur? At the disconnects? Around the o-rings? At the CO2/Reg connection?

You do not need to drain the liquid lines after each pour or at all unless you are going to not drink from the keg for an extended time. Can't imagine that being an issue!

I swear to you on my father’s sword, be an issue, it will… NOT.

 

[user 22118]

Just so I know what to look for... where do those leaks usually occur? At the disconnects? Around the o-rings? At the CO2/Reg connection?

yes, those are good places