Cleaning lines without Gas

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oc eric
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Cleaning lines without Gas

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Is there a way to clean the lines of my keg without using gas?

I have a 5 gal keg with beer in the lines. It has sat for a few weeks. I now want to get some beer, but the beer in the lines might make the rest of the beer taste bad. I want to clean the been dispensing line and faucet without using another keg and star san to clean.

Any suggestions? Thx.
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Use a pump, or I've seen some clever cleaners made using a (new) garden sprayer with a QD fitting on the end of the hose. Fill it with BLC or sanitizer, pressurize it and push the cleaner and sanitizer through the lines.
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backyard brewer wrote:Use a pump

Google doesn't show anything that appears to work...

or I've seen some clever cleaners made using a (new) garden sprayer with a QD fitting on the end of the hose.

Ah...I'll post the results of my Lowe's shopping trip in case anyone else is trying to solve this same problem.
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backyard brewer wrote:...a (new) garden sprayer with a QD fitting on the end of the hose. Fill it with BLC or sanitizer, pressurize it and push the cleaner and sanitizer through the lines.
That's what I use; works great!
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I believe this is what Derrin was talking about.
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-bee ... -1001.html
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-bee ... -1100.html

We will be getting some of those at the Provisions in the next few weeks.
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kevinham wrote:I believe this is what Derrin was talking about.
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-bee ... -1001.html
http://www.micromatic.com/draft-keg-bee ... -1100.html

We will be getting some of those at the Provisions in the next few weeks.
Those are the ones.
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I have a similar contraption that came with my Haier kegerator. Same faucet connection, but it is just a bottle, no pressure, and it uses gravity to flush the lines with cleaner. I never use it any more since I usually use cleaner in a keg and CO2 to push it through the lines.
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