Cleaning PVC Beer Lines

[SiHoltye]

Can people recommend a cleaner and regime for hassle free line cleaning.

I've got three 2 metre lines attached to chrome/brass taps.

I currently give them a flush through and 20min soak with warm soda crystal solution then lots of water, but am wondering if this is stringent enough 'cos black bits come out of the tap after a while.

Thanks for any help.

[adm]

When I'm cleaning cornies and have the last corny with sanitising solution in it, I just connect it up to the beer lines and pump the sanitiser out through them - giving it a soak for 20 mins or so. Then I rinse the corny out and stick a few litres of clean water in and then run that through the lines to rinse everything out. Basically, the line cleaning has become part of my corny cleaning routine and as I normally clean out a corny at least every two weeks, it works well and adds hardly any time.

I normally use Brupaks BruClean for this, and it works really well. The lines come out clean as new.

[6470zzy]

This is just a thought but are you using a brush on your taps and their pipe nipples? Also what I use for beer lines is a combination of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide that combination is a fairly standard solution here in the States.

Cheers

[arturobandini]

Removing nozzles from taps and washing through with warm water after each session is a good practice to get in to. Nozzles harbour all the gunky crap that won't be shifted in a line clean. Most Pubs will swear by leaving them in a soda water solution each night but this is just nonsense.

My system is pretty compact and I'm an anal, fastidious berk so after each session I disconnect from the cornie,polypin,whatever and pump the beer through to empty the line, i then flush warm water through and so reconnect everything. That leaves clean empty lines and no beer sitting in the lines waiting to spoil. I must add that I use a flash chiller and my lines aren't refridgerated.

Using a trade standard Beer Line Cleaner will also make sure you get a sparklingly clear line. Make sure you flush well with cold water afterwards as essentially it's bleach, there are some which come in purple colour or what-not so you know when it's all flushed out.

[boingy]

Best thing for beer lines is defo the commercial beer line cleaner but, yes, it does need a good rinse through afterwards and you need to make sure you dilute to the correct concentration.

I got mine from a local wholesalers for about a fiver for 5 litres (which will last forever....).

[SiHoltye]

Thinking of buying this stuff, anyone used it?

[johnmac]

Beer line cleaner great for cleaning anything, but do wear safety glasses.