to clean or not to clean

[oilman07]

I ve had my kegerator for about 3 weeks and have been enjoying sam adams from it but should I clean the beer lines now or wait till the end of the keg?????

[Scott Zuhse]

Clean! Clean! Clean!

[oilman07]

cleaning tonight thanks for the reply.

[Yankees]

I am new to the world of kergerators. Won't you effect the beer in the keg by cleaning thelines in the middle of a keg?

Thanks

[psychodad]

Originally Posted by Yankees

I am new to the world of kergerators. Won't you effect the beer in the keg by cleaning thelines in the middle of a keg?

Thanks

Yup. And the effect of clean lines on the beer is a better alternative to dirty ones. I clean mine every other week. The keg beer is not pasteurized and more apt to spoil.

[Beer Dr]

You can untap the keg and clean the lines without any effect to the keg.

[Yankees]

We are having people over on Friday. My 1st keg is finished. I just ordered the cleaning kit. It should take a couple days to get to me.
I'm trying to be sure that if I put a new keg in the fridge, then disconnect the lines to clean them when the kit arrives, that I will not ruin the beer when I re-connect the lines.

Thanks for the help..

[psychodad]

You won't ruin it at all.

[Brianatkcdraft]

greetings to all...psychodad we need a few more folks like you to lead them to the path of enlightenment. sure beats finding corn flakes floating in your Sammy!!!! But tonite mr. george dickel and i are having a discussion on how many ice cubes to use in the white lable. evenin yall................brian

[GlennSeagers]

Cleaning every two weeks is what most bars follow. Just untap the keg, tap the cleaning pot, run the solution then flush it back out with beer. I break the facuet down and clean it while the solution is in the lines. Only thing you could really screw up would be a series where you pump solution into another keg if you taped the wrong one...but who's ever seen a series on a kegerator anyway?!

[murren]

Your keg will stay pressurized with the coupler removed for cleaning. I clean my lines every week. Gives me a reason to be out in the garage. Even with my 48oz. hand pump, i run solution through twice, and rinse with cool clean water three times. I would rather take the extra two minutes and make sure all solution is out of my lines before I waste beer. Bottoms up!