cleaning cornie disconnects

[Kev888]

I normally flush through the beer lines with cleaner of one type or another (these days Beer Line Cleaner), but it occured to me that its been 'some time' since I went the extra mile and disassembled the quick disconnects for cleaning. Just wondered how often (if at all) people have found it necessary to disassemble the disconnects?

Cheers
Kev

[GrowlingDogBeer]

It had never occured to me you needed to, but now you mention it..... hmmmmm

[boingy]

I never do.
I just flush beer line cleaner through the liquid one.
Not sure I've ever cleaned the gas one at all.

[Kev888]

Ah, thats good to know. Until I recently started neglecting this I did it from time to time because I'd seen posts (on various forums) of others doing so, and on opening them I did usually find liquid retained inside. But if you've had no issues then it probably isn't necessary, and i'm all for not bothering whenever possible

Cheers
Kev

[raiderman]

Having just emptied my first cornie and being wilfully non technical I'd vaguely wondered about cleaning the difficult bits - thank you for reassuring me before I even knew I needed it!

[Wolfy]

... and disassembled the quick disconnects for cleaning.

Quick disconnects disassemble?

[Kev888]

That sounds like another vote for 'No', then!

I've not been doing it since back in June when I posted this, and so far no problems

Cheers
kev

[Scroogemonster]

I never do.
I just flush beer line cleaner through the liquid one.
Not sure I've ever cleaned the gas one at all.

+ 1 to that.

I scrub the corny with a wet cloth and loads of hot water to physically remove sediment stuck to the sides and bottom.
Then I 1/4 fill my corny with soda crystal solution (hot water),fit the lid, slosh round and then attach my gas line, pressurise the corny and clean the dispense tube and the out post at the same time by opening the tap. Repeat with clean hot water and then finally, starsan, before filling with the brew.

The inside of the gas in post gets sloshed with cleaning / sterilising solutions in this way.

Never really bother taking them off. I did this once and they leaked when I reassembled them
Regards
Kevin

[Kev888]

Yeah, Norm advised me not to disassemble the posts for similar reasons; I have done a few times but i don't do it routinely. I've also stopped dissassembling the disconnects now too.

Not sure if this is of any interest, but on a related note I've been testing Beer Line Cleaner and also a home made equivalent-ish version of PBW (five star chemicals say PBW is good for line cleaning, so I thought it worth a go). So far they both seem to be working on the lines, so its difficult to say if one is better than the other there, but the BLC seems more convenient. However, I often clean the lines and a keg at the same time, and the PBW-alike is far more effective at removing yeast residue from the keg, especially if its dried on, so seems better as an all-in-one approach.

Cheers
kev