{"id":121,"date":"2006-10-20T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegatesofdawn.ca\/wordpress\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2006-10-22T15:06:58","modified_gmt":"2006-10-22T20:06:58","slug":"beer_line_cleaner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thegatesofdawn.ca\/wordpress\/homebrewing\/beer_line_cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Line Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BeerBars use strong cleaning solutions to keep their beer lines clean and free of “beer stone”, bacteria, and other nastiness. After I built my draft kegerator<\/a>, I wanted to develop a system to keep my lines clean too.<\/p>\n

I guess the usual method for homebrewers is to just put cleaning solution into a Cornelius keg, and use CO2 to dispense it like beer. I guess it’s also a good way to keep the keg valves clean too. But it doesn’t let me build something, so it’s not acceptable.<\/p>\n

Bars use commercially-avaiable cleaning pumps. They have a fitting on them which matches the Sankey beer keg couplers in commercial use. They have a hand pump to force the solution into the beer lines. They are not directly suitable for homebrew use, because we don’t use the professional Sankey keg connectors. And they’re expensive, of course.<\/p>\n

I wanted to build something similar, using Cornelius keg style connectors. My system uses “ball-lock” connectors.<\/p>\n

Parts<\/h4>\n

I built my own beer-line cleaner using parts from Home Depot, and some keg parts. The cost was not much more than $20.<\/p>\n

Here are the parts for the project:<\/p>\n