Keg Washing - Poor Man Style

Showing you all how we keg wash down here in Mexico without a Keg washing machine. Let us know if you have any suggestions. We will be recieving a new keg washing machine with our new equipment later on this year...but until than :)

[@diver867diver9]

I created a manifold keg washer as well at my brewery very similar to yours. I did add compressed air in the loop before adding caustic instead of CO2. I did it for two reasons, 1 lol compressed air is cheaper but more importantly, 2 when you mix caustic in a CO2 environment it can create sodium carbonate which I definitely don’t want in my kegs. I do 2x ten second hot water purges, flush ten with air, caustic, hot water rinse, paracetic sani rinse, charge with CO2 to 5psi. Love the channel and the vids keep it up!

[@MrCecil_KD9WUS]

Very impressive!!!!!!!

[@projectwestholme7895]

Should flush the keg with compressed air before using caustic otherwise the CO2 will neautralis it. Then final purge with CO2 after water rinse. Otherwise good video!

[@chrischris2886]

Great video as always watching you give birth to this operation. Only quarter kegs, not 1/2 kegs? YES, both of you should have gloves and goggles, maybe yellow booties!

[@jphalan]

Thanks Chris, stupid thing is, we have the bottles, gloves glasses, we just forgot. Next time for sure. On my main brewery order, which Im paying down on in July, we have 80 x 1/2bbls and 16 x 1/6bbls coming. I’m literally scraping around for kegs down here, taking what I can get my hands on for cheap. Don’t want to spend a ton of extra money when I know the good stuff is coming.

[@av43056]

Hi, nice setup... what pumps are you using? Thanks

[@jphalan]

thank you. These pumps came from a system I bought second hand. I believe they were single phase (110v) 1HP with 1.5" tri clamp fittings. They were not the best, but got the job done.