Do you know how often you are suppose to clean your beer kegerator? Some people go months without cleaning theirs, but not only are you suppose to clean your kegerator after each keg of beer, you are suppose to clean the beer lines after every party. When the beer lines get that much use, they need to be taken care of and cleaned. Actually, you should clean the beer lines before each party too. You clean the whole house before you have guests over, make sure the most important thing at the party is cleaned as well. Especially, if you haven’t used the keg beer cooler in awhile. Yes, when the party is over and a few days have passed, you may not want to clean your keg, but do it anyway. Regularly cleaning your kegerator will help the keg of beer to stay fresh for months. When you want that beer after a long day, you will thank yourself. Now, you may be wondering if what type of cleaning solution should you use? Well, it does matter what you use.
Pick a Good Keg Beer Cooler Cleaning Kit
Clean the Kegerator’s lines thoroughly, but make sure you know the proper way. There are many beer cleaning kits available just for this purpose. Make sure you only use cleaning chemicals that are specially made for cleaning beer lines. If you don’t, then the cleaning solution may not get rid of the mold, bacteria build-up, yeast, and beer stone. Make not to use any abrasive cleaners on your beer lines. Abrasions, little scratches, and rough spots on the inside of beer lines can cause the beer to foam! Foam is no good. We all want a perfect beer with just that right amount of head. So make sure to use special cleaners for beer lines. Once you find a good beer line cleaner, just follow the instructions on the packet.
After you are done cleaning the keg beer cooler’s lines, you need to sanitize them. You can do this by using an air pump to pump the cleaner solution through the beer lines and then flush them with water. You may want to repeat this process twice to ensure they are thoroughly clean. And then you may want to flush the lines one more time with water, just to make sure no chemical taste remains in the lines.
Don’t forget to clean the beer tap and faucet as well. Bacteria can build up in the beer tap and ruin your beer. Don’t neglect this important step to fresh tasting beer. The tap and faucet need to be cleaned as part of your regular cleaning maintenance as well. Place the tap and faucet in the bucket of beer cleaner and use a brush that should of came with the kit to thoroughly clean the pieces. Make sure to run the tap and faucet under running water, in order to sanitize them and get rid of any left over cleaning residue. You can also clean the rest of the inside of the kegerator as well. Again be sure not to use any abrasive cleaners. Any scratches are little holes with bacteria like to hibernate.
There is nothing like a fresh tasting beer. You can have that same great tasting beer that you first had from your keg months later. It is all about taking care of your kegerator. Make cleaning your keg beer cooler a part of your regular cleaning routine. Yes, you may not want to, but once you get in the habit, it will not take very long. Plus, you wouldn’t want to throw a party only to find out the day before that your kegerator is pouring out nothing but foam! That would be a party disaster! So take of your kegerator and it will take care of you.
