How much pbw to clean keg

Have a question? Just ask! Star San Sanitizer. Reviews Write a review. The real tough cleaner! PBW really helps get the dried on scum from the carboys. Just add some to the carboy fill with hot water and it will be clean in a couple days.

I use this stuff to clean out my glass carboys after fermentation. Shake the sanitizer around making sure to cover the entire inside surface.

Wait for minutes for the sanitizer to work. Turn on the CO2 to about 5 psi, open the picnic tap and dispense the sanitizer into a bucket or another keg.

I usually run it for seconds to sanitize the inside of the beer tube and post. The outside of the used kegs will be dirty, dented and sometimes full of stickers. Clean them as necessary. After cleaning your kegs, try numbering the kegs and keeping a log of when the o-rings were changed, when the keg was cleaned and sanitized, etc.

The kegs are now ready to be filled with beer. Some homebrewers store them with sanitizer inside and under pressure to keep the lid sealed tightly. Keg and beer-line cleaning kits are nice, but I feel they are unnecessary. I scrub the inside of hoses, after rinsing, with wadded and wet paper toweling, forced through the hoses with water pressure. This works because my faucet in the utility room is one-half inch ID tubing, that other tubing will fit into.

There are soft brushes available, but this has worked well for me. How much PBW? After soaking, use a non-abrasive brush or sponge to clean the inside edges of the keg, as well as all the components. A small pipe cleaning brush is great for scrubbing out the dip tube, which could have hop or yeast particles stuck inside. Finally, give everything a good rinse. Once rinsed, reassemble the keg and check each component for damage — replace gaskets and o-ring as required.

Add another solution of water and PBW, fit the lid, seal and turn the keg upside down. Leave it for an hour or so to clean the top. Then, empty it and rinse well with plenty of warm water. Finally, add a sanitiser solution preferably no rinse to the keg. Close the lid and let it sit for 10 minutes or so. Give it a shake, flip it over and let it sit on the lid for another 10 minutes. Then, hook up your beer line if filling a keg up shortly, use the hose you will use to fill , and use co2 to push out the sanitiser.