Cleaning sanke keg s

[brew_cat]

Some one gave me a couple of commercial kegs. Actually they are full of beer. One of Maine brewings peeper ale and one is Unitas hop nosh. After I empty them I want to refill them. I'll probably just push beer from a corny but to clean them any ideas. Hate to waste co2. Would rather just blow hot water through.

[dannyboy58]

Can't you just remove/disassemble the valve and put in hot water/PBW and let it soak?

[sneezles61]

Why not just pull the clip ring on the top where the tapper goes, and pull the guts, do your cleaning, put your beer in then re-assemble? Or find a tap to sacrifice for the attatchment to the keg and rig up a way to sanitize and fill through that... Sneezles61

[brew_cat]

Sure I could but I plan on pushing beer into it from a corny bright tank and then just rinse it out after a couple uses. They don't open them to clean them at the brewery they just blow steam water through them I was thinking of doing something like that.

[brew_cat]

I can scrrw a fitting on the inlet and starch my siphon to fill also screw off the co2 valve. So filling is no problem. I just figured if I fill it with brightens beer there would be no sediment to clean out. I've pushed to uncleaned kegs before. If a 5 gallon is needed I'll push to a three gallon without cleaning it and have good success. After I open it after a couple uses its clean no sediment that was left behind.

[dannyboy58]

If it's sanitized prior to the first fill and kept sealed...I'd clean it the same way I clean my beer lines...push more beer through it!

[sneezles61]

I suppose it IS sealed and hopefully full of CO2... Not the hand pumps that use the air we breathe to pressurize... I just have to clean stuff... I'm not squeamish, just a bit anal... Sneezles61

[brew_cat]

They are full of beer except one which I will ope and clean before using.