Draught Beer Basics

8. Pump the warm water through the system to remove all remaining
beer from the system. Empty tapping device bucket and rinse out.
Place tapping device back into the bucket.
9. Fill cleaning pump jar with water and cleaning chemical per the
recommendations on the cleaning chemical container.
10. Pump cleaning solution into system, keaving about a 1/2 the
solution in the cleaning pump jar.
11. Let stand 15 minutes, then pump remaining solution through the
system
12. Using a cleaning brush, clean the exterior surfaces of the tapping
device and rinse with clean fresh water
13. Rinse out cleaning pump jar with fresh water
14. Fill cleaning pump jar with clean warm water and pump entire jar
through the system
15. Repeat step 13 using clean cold water
16. During the 15 minutes that the solution is in the system, mix a small
container with water and cleaning chemical per the instructions
on the clenaing chemical container and disassemble the faucet per
faucet manufacturers recommendations and let soak in solution
17. Using cleaning brush, clean the components of the faucet
18. Rinse all components of the faucet in clean fresh water. Check all
seals on the faucet for wear and replace if necessary
19. Reassemble faucet
20. Remove cleaning pump jar from dispensing
tower connection and reinstall faucet using
spanner wrench to tighten properly
21. Turn on CO
2
and tap new keg