Is there any greater joy for the professional brewer than cleaning kegs?
Yeah, pretty much everything else. Nobody likes cleaning kegs. It’s a tedious, dirty job that usually falls to the lowest person on the totem pole. But it’s absolutely essential to ensuring that your brewery delivers a consistent product to the market.
There is no point in spending so much time and energy cleaning the brewery to have all that effort scuttled by an unreliable keg cleaner. So let’s run through some of the things you need to think about when shopping for a keg cleaner
1) Reliability. Ever had to spend your day off at the brewery cleaning kegs because the keg cleaner was broken? ‘Nuff said.
2) Effectiveness. It can be difficult to manage your kegged product once you send it to the distributor, but one thing you know is that problems are damaging to your brand. You need every keg tapped to reflect the product properly. That means 100%
cleanliness.
3) Workhorse. Between the high-pressure water and the weight of the kegs, a keg cleaner can take a lot of punishment, especially if you`re using it every day. Durability is important for this brewery workhorse. It`s got to be able to handle any workload you put it through, and always be ready to work the next day.
One of the forgotten pieces of equipment in a brewery, but the keg cleaner is a major time-saver, labor-saver, and an important element in delivering a consistent, high-quality brew to the market each and every time.
