In NYS it is considered illegal for a distributor to clean lines if there is a company in the area that provides the service for a fee. A retailer would be more inclined to purchase beer from a distributor that cleaned them for free.
I would like to see a standard and have all line cleaners licienced, but it would never happen. I have competitors who do not clean the faucets and use hot water to clean - I found one guy using Dawn detergent to clean lines.
Health departments don't want to get involved because they claim bacteria in lines is not harmful. I have found lines that had not been cleaned in years that contain worm like objects and once an outside line that was taken off in the winter and reconnected by the owner in the spring stopped pouring and I found wild mushroons had grown in the lines.
Has anyone found unusual things?
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