Beer line cleaner

hotmog · Post by **hotmog** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:49 pm

I have a double Angram beer engine, and use Pipeline purple beer line cleaner.

There are no internal brass parts that the cleaner can come into contact with. The only issue I've had is where a drop of it landed on to my Cheddar Classics leather snooker cue case. Now that mark won't come off!

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:13 am

Dennis King wrote:I have an Angram and use purple line cleaner, from Makro. Just look at the container the only thing it says to avoid is alluminum and nylon. It contains Sodium Hydroxide.

I think mine must be a different brand. See photo of instructions below:

See full instructions my clicking here

Thanks hotmog for explaining that no brass in contact with cleaner.

As it seems others use it when diluted, I'm hopeful it will be OK.
Cheers, John

Dennis King · Post by **Dennis King** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:50 pm

As Hotmog says if there are no brass parts inside no need to worry.

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:44 am

Thanks again for advice.

Would it be ok to use it to help clean cornies too?

Maybe like this

Water rinse
Purple line cleaner (diluted as instructons) soak in cornie 20 mins
Rinse until clear
Starsan to sanitise and neutralise any stray trace blc??

maxashton · Post by **maxashton** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:30 pm

I personally don't like to use caustic on my cornies. Just my two pence.

jayoun · Post by **jayoun** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:54 pm

[quote="jmc"]Thanks again for advice.

Would it be ok to use it to help clean cornies too?

Maybe like this

Water rinse
Purple line cleaner (diluted as instructons) soak in cornie 20 mins
Rinse until clear
Starsan to sanitise and neutralise any stray trace blc??[/quote]

I have used Beer Line Cleaner (BLC) to clean a corny, it had a lingering rootbeer flavor and aroma to it as well as some beerstone deposits. I soaked 20-30 min and rinsed well with water and then used starsan to neutralize. Took all the deposits off and eliminated the rootbeer contamination. This isn't something I do regularly, just when there are stubborn deposits that PBW wont dislodge.

kennethi · Post by **kennethi** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:02 pm

Hi, Im new to beer brewing. Will try and get some beer line cleaner from my local pub. Use this to sanatise bottles beer bins & other things. Thanks.

johnmac · Post by **johnmac** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:17 pm

Be careful with this stuff folks. If you have your hands in the sollution for a fairly short time, you'll find your skin is affected. It would not be good to get it in your eyes. It just disolves whatever organic matter it comes into contact with, even at 1:200 dillution.

kennethi · Post by **kennethi** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:06 pm

thanks john.

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:27 pm

johnmac wrote:Be careful with this stuff folks. If you have your hands in the sollution for a fairly short time, you'll find your skin is affected. It would not be good to get it in your eyes. It just disolves whatever organic matter it comes into contact with, even at 1:200 dillution.

I agree with you John.

I realise that this stuff is much more caustic than normal homebrew cleaners, and shouldn't be used without gloves and eye-protection.
It will react with alluminium & zinc too.

I'm only planning to use it on beer lines and possibly cornies & barrels.
I'll use oxy-clean to clean rest of my kit.

Cheers John
(another john mc)

LeeH · Post by **LeeH** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:09 pm

I clean my cornys out with oxi clean and blow that out the keg through the lines with co2 every time I change the keg. Then the same with starsan which i leave in the keg under a bit of pressure.

Will i really need line cleaner aswell?

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