what do you do with beer line when you don't have anything attached?

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  1. corbmoster

    corbmoster Pundit (848) Dec 15, 2014 Texas
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    I have a kegerator / fermentation chamber. I'm going to ferment a new batch in it, which means nothing will be attached to the beer line. I know I nee to flush the like with water and some starsan. And probably rinse with water after that as well to prevent film build up. I would need to remove the faucet too and clean it. But what about the beer line itself? Just leave it and let it air dry? Is the rinsing sufficient?
     
    #1 corbmoster, Apr 21, 2015
  2. DougC123

    DougC123 Savant (1,186) Aug 21, 2012 Connecticut

    Do a normal cleaning and let it air dry.
     
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  3. corbmoster

    corbmoster Pundit (848) Dec 15, 2014 Texas
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    Was I correct with water, starsan, water? Or is their no wrong answer, and people do it different ways?
     
    #3 corbmoster, Apr 21, 2015
  4. DougC123

    DougC123 Savant (1,186) Aug 21, 2012 Connecticut

    I don't use starsan, so I don't know how it is used. I use my regular cleaner as if I was going to put another keg on which is a quart per line of warm cleaner solution, flush it through the shank, and let the last bit sit and soak for 15 minutes, then flush it out with a quart of cold water.

    Do whatever you do for regular cleaning because that must work for you already and just let it dry.
     
    #4 DougC123, Apr 21, 2015
  5. corbmoster

    corbmoster Pundit (848) Dec 15, 2014 Texas
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    I've never cleaned before. First set up ever. What is the cleaning solution you use? PBW?
     
    #5 corbmoster, Apr 21, 2015
  6. DougC123

    DougC123 Savant (1,186) Aug 21, 2012 Connecticut

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  7. zero_signal

    zero_signal Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2013 New Jersey

    PBW is supposed to be good. I have always used BLC or Penterate. I have recently did a flush with Starsan first time using as a trial.
     
    #7 zero_signal, Apr 21, 2015
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  8. beerdumper

    beerdumper Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2015 California

    I have been cleaning for about 4 years commercially. In general the best beerline cleaner I have used is beerline cleaner from micromatic or draft tech alkaline. Their base ingredient is lye and some sufficants to break down surface tension of the liquid in order to flush the lye out easier. The name brand BLC is garbage as it is the same cost but uses potassium hydroxide and it just doesn't work as well.

    Caustic cleaners clean hop resin, acidic cleaners remove beer stone which are sugar And salt deposits. You want to use a caustic cleaner and rarely use a acidic one. Roughly a 4/1 ratio or more. Hope this helps. And blow out the line and let air dry, don't leave liquid.
     
    #8 beerdumper, Apr 22, 2015
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