Washing and sanitising kegs, has taken over from bottling as being the bane of my life. I’d rather be brewing and being creative. It’s like being stuck with the washing up after cooking a great meal. I need Help!...please!
1. Does anyone have any good time efficient tips on cleaning and sanitising kegs please?
2. Does anyone fill a keg when it becomes empty, right away, without cleaning and sanitising, on occasion. I did it once with a test batch I wasn’t worried about and got away with it.
3. Do you need to take the posts apart when cleaning every time? or just when you first buy the keg? Or occasionally?
4. I read on the net that some people (Jeff Smith, and others with variations on same theme) seem to wash their kegs, sanitise, purge out the air with CO2, pressurize and store their kegs like that until needed, and they are ready to go, and simply need to be filled. Is that a good idea? Does it work?
5. Does anyone use a one stage cleaner/sanitiser such as Iodophor or One Step to do both jobs at the same time? Iodophor and One Step are both no-rinse.
6. If No. 4 above is a viable practice, could I rinse out the kegs with hot tap water and then use no-rinse Iodophor or One Step for that, to make one step less in the process?
7. (One Step info: http://www.beer-wine.com/products/one-step-cleanser The product reviews on this link suggest it is a good sanitizer as well as a cleaner: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/one-step.html I'm thinking of trying it)
8. Any hot tips or shortcuts for kegging.
Kegging Shortcuts
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Last edited by GuingesRock on 15 Jan 2013, 18:19, edited 4 times in total.
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