We're extremely short on staff, so trying to find the most efficient way to clean lines. We have 20 taps and the tap room is only open every Saturday.
I've been looking into using a 4-head cleaning can, but every line cleaning chemical I've seen uses a caustic solution which has me concerned with pushing it through w/ CO2. Most of the reps I've talked to act like it's no big deal and that everybody does it; however, as a brewer I've always been taught to prevent using caustic in a CO2 environment as much as possible.
- Is the reaction time not enough to allow the caustic and CO2 to react?
- Should I just get a small nitro tank and push it through w/ that?
- What about just using a hand keg tap on one of the valves?
Cheers and thanks in advance! I hate cleaning lines, so anyway to make it easier will be extremely helpful!
I've been looking into using a 4-head cleaning can, but every line cleaning chemical I've seen uses a caustic solution which has me concerned with pushing it through w/ CO2. Most of the reps I've talked to act like it's no big deal and that everybody does it; however, as a brewer I've always been taught to prevent using caustic in a CO2 environment as much as possible.
- Is the reaction time not enough to allow the caustic and CO2 to react?
- Should I just get a small nitro tank and push it through w/ that?
- What about just using a hand keg tap on one of the valves?
Cheers and thanks in advance! I hate cleaning lines, so anyway to make it easier will be extremely helpful!
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