Cleaning Beer Components

Ensure you and your staff are protected during routine beer line cleaning with these helpful precautionary recommendations from Draftec.

Choose a beverage system cleaner that is not only non-caustic, non-corrosive, and non-hazardous, but will also reduce your cleaning time by up to 50%!

If your beer system has been shut down due to COVID-19, it’s important to complete certain cleaning and operational procedures before serving any beer to customers.

Not sure where to start when it comes to cleaning your beer lines? Don't worry - we've broken down the tools you'll need based on the type of dispensing system you use.

Including what temperature beer should be at when it reaches the faucet and how long tapped beer will last before going flat.

Finding a gas leak in your beer dispensing system can be tricky - cut down on wasted time and find your CO2 leak more quickly with this helpful guide!

Extend the life of your jockey box and improve its performance with these helpful tips from Rapids, including cleaning suggestions and replacement parts.

If you are experiencing leaks from your keg coupler, or it's difficult to engage or disengage the the tavern head from the keg, the problem may be a bent keg lug (keg ear). If the keg ear tabs are bent, the connection between the keg and tap leaks. Even if the keg does not leak, the bent lug causes the coupler to stick making it difficult to remove and a hassle when it comes to line cleaning time.

Beer lines must be periodically cleaned to remove impurities and deposits that can cause beer to be flat or taste “off”. Recommended is every two weeks using a caustic solution which is high pH to take care of bacterial growth and additionally every 3 months an acid cleaning or low pH which takes care of beer stone.

Step by step guide on how to use one of Rapids Kegerator Cleaning Kits to clean the faucet, beer line and coupler on your kegerator or beer dispenser with video tutorial provided as well.