Cornelius keg hygene

[Sandybee]

I finished off the contents of my first corny a couple of weeks ago. I cleaned it and sanitized it with 5*PBW, rinsed it out and injected CO2 into the sealed corny.

I'm just about to fill it up again with a mature batch of bitter. Do I need to clean or sanitize it again before filling?

I'll hold off till I get some advice.

Thanks.

Sandy

[boingy]

Yes, sanitise it. Why take the risk?

I can't speak for others but I rinse and clean cornies after they are used but I don't sanitise them until I am ready to fill them again. On kegging day they get a quick swill round with cold tap water and then are sanitised. I use idophor but it doesn't really matter which you use, as long as you use it correctly!

[richc]

I'd suggest pressurising it slightly both with cleaner and with sanitizer and running some out through the output post. I tend to take at least the outlet post off every brew or two and clean it's pieces separately.

[Sandybee]

Thanks for that, especially the tip to run the sanitizer through the out post. Will disconnect out post next time, dismantle and clean it.

[Andy]

As per boingy, after use I just clean the cornie really well but don't sanitise until I'm ready to use it again.

[shazza]

Hello the allgrain boys.I'm over on the kit& kaboodle side but just happened to spot this thread.I bought my 6 cornies from Norm 3-4 years ago and dismantled,cleaned and sanitized them upon receipt.Since then all they got was a vigourous rinsing and a swirl of metabisulphite or,more recently,Star San.No hygiene problems to date.Hope this helps.

[coatesg]

Metabisulphite isn't really strong enough to sanitise kegs IMHO. I rinse old yeast out, use 3% w/w caustic soda solution (care!!), rinse, then followed by videne. I only boil the posts/seals/rings every 3 or 4 uses.