Hey All,
We've been washing kegs for about 3 years now using a simple manual keg washer with 3 basic steps, but a few batches of beer later, we've got some build up. We dont "tear down" kegs and remove the spears all that often - probably every 6-10 runs or so. (Maybe this isn't often enough?) and I'm getting some build up at the base of the spear, around the outside of the ball/spring sleeve itself. PICTURE ATTACHED. NOTE: This is after quite a while of not pulling this keg apart.
The good news is, we've been pulling them apart much more often now that we caught the issue, but taking spears out every other week just seems ridiculous.
Our washing steps are:
1) water rinse
2) 5 mins detergent cycle (Bru-R-Ez/PBW) *including throttling the pressure down so detergent can "trickle" down over the spear*
3) water rinse
4) Sanitizer
I'm wondering if I need to bump up the time we're "trickling" detergent down over the spear, or if there's something I'm missing. It seems like I shouldn't get that build up. Thoughts would be appreciated! We're starting local self-distribution soon and this is kind of gunk is unacceptable.
Cheers,
Tim
We've been washing kegs for about 3 years now using a simple manual keg washer with 3 basic steps, but a few batches of beer later, we've got some build up. We dont "tear down" kegs and remove the spears all that often - probably every 6-10 runs or so. (Maybe this isn't often enough?) and I'm getting some build up at the base of the spear, around the outside of the ball/spring sleeve itself. PICTURE ATTACHED. NOTE: This is after quite a while of not pulling this keg apart.
The good news is, we've been pulling them apart much more often now that we caught the issue, but taking spears out every other week just seems ridiculous.
Our washing steps are:
1) water rinse
2) 5 mins detergent cycle (Bru-R-Ez/PBW) *including throttling the pressure down so detergent can "trickle" down over the spear*
3) water rinse
4) Sanitizer
I'm wondering if I need to bump up the time we're "trickling" detergent down over the spear, or if there's something I'm missing. It seems like I shouldn't get that build up. Thoughts would be appreciated! We're starting local self-distribution soon and this is kind of gunk is unacceptable.
Cheers,
Tim
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