Best use for an empty cornie - smple top tip

[lancsSteve]

I can'r be the first to figure this but seemes worth sharing. I don't have time to brew as much as I;d like so I often had an empty cornie - till I clocked the best use for it.

Fill it with water, gas it up to ~30psi and you have soda water on tap they are basically the woldrlds biggest soda stream after all.

But that's not the best use of it - end of an evening disconnect your other keg lines and hook them up, run the wter through and you've cleared your lines of beer and helped keep them clean - now THAT'S a good use! And no more wasted beer in the lines either or crud build up. Simples but effective and better than an empty one standing idle.

[Jim]

Nice tip!

[Deebee]

in the spare i have ( there is usally one so i always have the xcuse to brew....) i have starsan. i run this through the lines as i go and it means that when i need the corny it is already sanitized:)

[far9410]

in the spare i have ( there is usally one so i always have the xcuse to brew....) i have starsan. i run this through the lines as i go and it means that when i need the corny it is already sanitized:)

Hi Are there no ill effects on the stainless by keeping starsan permanently in there?

[Deebee]

Not so far. The solution is weak remember. Think its 1ml pr liter.

[jmc]

Not so far. The solution is weak remember. Think its 1ml pr liter.

+1
When a corny on my bar runs out, I rinse it out the sucssesivly I clean corny and line with water, Purple line cleaner, water then finish with starsan.

Line cleaned and corny ready for filling.

I've been doing this for a couple of years now and cornys are fine.

SS is attacked by chlorine based cleaners which can cause pitting so I wouldn't leave the purple line cleaner in there, but starsan is fine

[och29]

I've had a keg of water since I got a set of taps. It's great especially if you get your hands on post-mix syrup.