Defend your brew

Just a friendly reminder about the benefits of routine maintenance and cleaning of the beer lines in your kegging system. A few weeks ago I discovered a horribly foul and sour aroma from freshly poured pint. Clearly infected, I did a little investigation. After pouring a few pints and disposing, the beer smelled and tasted normal. I could only assume the infection was was in the lines and not the keg itself. I poured off several pints from all my kegged beer and disassembled everything that could be taken apart. I did an over night soak of everything in PBW from Five Star, then rinsed in a bath of boiling water. Everything was reassembled, and I'm back in business. I'm not sure where the initial infection came from, but I will certainly be more diligent about routine cleaning. This week I plan to give BLC from National Chemicals a try.