Draft system maintenance is a necessary aspect of selling and serving draft beer. In order to keep draft systems pouring beer that tastes like the brewer intended you must have them cleaned bi-weekly. The simple truth is that monthly or longer between cleanings allow the system to degrade overtime no matter how good those monthly appointments are. The Brewer's association, the best breweries and bars, and ourselves all recommend bi-weekly cleaning because that is about the point at which bacterial colonies take off. This is 26 cleans per year; every 2 weeks is a caustic cleaning for bacteria and every quarter is an additional acid based cleaning to remove beer stone. The build up of either will eventually cause off taste, poor smell, particles floating in beer, poor system performance and unsatisfied customers. You will sell more beer, and you will sell it more profitably with proper bi-weekly maintenance. "Raise the Bar on Quality!!"
There are a variety of cleaning systems and methods. Cleaning pots which utilize the gas pressure to force the cleaning solution through the beer lines. They are essentially small kegs filled with a cleaning solution that temporarily replace beer kegs, and work well for direct draw systems like kegerators or shanks through a cooler wall. Electric pumps are desirable for long draw systems, and systems that have been neglected. These pumps circulate the cleaner through the lines and couplers while your faucets are soaking and getting scrubbed; check out the video below. We use circulation maintenance wherever and whenever possible to provide you the highest quality of draft beer line maintenance.
Cleaning compounds or chemicals come in liquids and powders containing one or a mixture of Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Detergent, and Phosphoric Acid. All are designed for and safe for the cleaning of beer lines. We use Micro Matic chemicals which are the highest quality in the industry and whose active chemicals are Sodium Hydroxide for caustic and Phosphoric Acid for the acid.
Learn more about high quality beer line maintenance and why we do what we do and how we do it with a few of our YouTube videos below.
There are a variety of cleaning systems and methods. Cleaning pots which utilize the gas pressure to force the cleaning solution through the beer lines. They are essentially small kegs filled with a cleaning solution that temporarily replace beer kegs, and work well for direct draw systems like kegerators or shanks through a cooler wall. Electric pumps are desirable for long draw systems, and systems that have been neglected. These pumps circulate the cleaner through the lines and couplers while your faucets are soaking and getting scrubbed; check out the video below. We use circulation maintenance wherever and whenever possible to provide you the highest quality of draft beer line maintenance.
Cleaning compounds or chemicals come in liquids and powders containing one or a mixture of Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Detergent, and Phosphoric Acid. All are designed for and safe for the cleaning of beer lines. We use Micro Matic chemicals which are the highest quality in the industry and whose active chemicals are Sodium Hydroxide for caustic and Phosphoric Acid for the acid.
Learn more about high quality beer line maintenance and why we do what we do and how we do it with a few of our YouTube videos below.