Tips on cleaning beer line tubing?

[Beardown]

Anyone have tips on cleaning these out? Stained pretty bad and some dried crusty old beer in em in a few spots!?

 

[okiedog]

I clean mine by soaking over night in PBW, making sure they are full of the PBW water. If there is build up inside, I run a 1/4" tube brush through from both ends. Over time, PVC lines will stain from dark beers. If the lines are too bad, sometimes it's cheaper to just replace them with new tubing.

 

[Snicklefritz]

Liquid line cleaner. Recirculate it through the lines for about 10 mins.

 

[jmcquesten]

Anyone have tips on cleaning these out? Stained pretty bad and some dried crusty old beer in em in a few spots!?

What lines are you talking about? Keg lines? Racking tubing? If they are that bad, they should be replaced. As far as regular cleaning of racking tubing, I try to transfer cleaner, then water, then sanitizer through them when I'm done with them. Then hang to dry. If they need more than that, I have a fitting that I put the tubing on to rinse hot water through from the sink. Before I attach the hose, I ball up a paper towel "spitball" and press it into the tubing. The water forces the paper towel wad through the tubing, which cleans the inside of the tubing. I repeat a few times if needed, then run warm cleaner (oxyclean), water, then sanitizer.
Sometimes the tubing pops off the fitting and sprays hot water everywhere, but that's due to the way I have it rigged. I can come up with something better. The concept works though.

Keg lines are a different process. Submersible pump recirculating cleaner, then water, then sanitizer.

Either way, I don't get the best results when I opt to just soak in cleaner. It seems to leave a slimey film on the tubing. It's worse if they soak in sanitizer.

 

[day_trippr]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=226497

 

[Beardown]

Talking about the beer lines, from keg to glass!

 

[passedpawn]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=226497

I built one of these. Works great. Easy build, cheap, what more could you ask.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

^ +1

Best thing I've done for beering.

 

[Jwin]

I use a harbor freight pump and push cleaner, water a sanitizer.
But, i also connect my beer lines with male npt to male npt connectors and silicone hose from tap to tap. Bobby has them at brewhardware, as do others.
I can flush all three lines and taps at once.