Cleaning lines?

[BrannigansLove]

I've recently built myself a 2 keg kegerator, and am currently drinking beer from one of the kegs (not made anything to put in the other one yet). I was wondering what people do to clean their lines, and where you buy your cleaning products from. Thanks in advance.

[f00b4r]

There are a couple of cleaning options discussed here, either should be quite effective.
Also consider buying your beer line in bulk so you can treat it as disposable (it is much cheaper this way).

[IPA]

I use clear line and the brush that came with a Blichmann Beer Gun to clean it. The brush was the only good thing about it the Beer Gun is crap. However at £80 quid it is a very expensive brush

[Fil]

fwiw i clean line and taps when i clean the empty keg removed, using the cleaning solution (warm laundry oxi) and sanitising solution (starsan) pushed through with co2 pressure, and as i have no silicone tubing I then leave the last flow of starsan within the beerline contained by the disconnect and tap until the next keg is tapped...
a quick calculation of the volume of a cylinder Pi x R x R x H where R is 1/2 of 1/4" and H is the length of your 3/8" beerline (1/4" id) will indicate how much sanitiser is containd in the beerline.

As i treat attaching the keg as a usual cold side brewing exercise, by which i mean i clean and sanitise the connections to the same standard i do all cold side brewing equipment, And dont uncouple kegs on a whim, Once coupled up to co2 and dispensing line the beerline and tap become part and parcel of the closed keg container system, if there was any route for a nasty to get to the beer , beer would be forced out under pressure as a leak.. Therefore unlike a commercial bar or pub there is No Need for regular weekly line cleaning as there are no unsanitary keg exchanges taking place to break into the closed sanitised dispensing system.

However Beer tap spouts DO require regular (every session) clean out. thats the #1 treason i prefer the standard dalex style taps to the fancy chromed or SS eu/us style taps as the spouts unscrew from dalex style tapos for an easy soak clean between sessions while the pertlick? taps require a squeezy bottle and bucket to flush out the spouts.

without spout cleaning succesing pours of beer will coat the inside of the spout and attract fungus gnats and wine flies..