Cellar hygiene top tips: Step into spring with a clean cellar and quality pints

Spring is a great time to assess certain areas of your venue and ensure it’s prepped and ready for the busy season ahead! Top tip: It can be a good idea to create a checklist and keep track of what needs to be actioned. Once you have this mapped out, you can rest assured that everything is taken care of. To get you started, here are a few aspects of the cellar to focus on.

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General cellar hygiene

Keg couplers

Beer line cleaning

Summary – Answering FAQs on beer line cleaning

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General cellar hygiene

Maintaining cellar cleanliness is crucial for protecting the quality of your beer. Here are just a few points to note when it comes to cellar cleanliness:

1.     Keep the drains as clean as possible to avoid contamination.
2.     Clean the cellar thoroughly on a weekly basis and clean any spillages immediately.
3.     Make sure the cleaning products that you use do not smell too strong as this will spoil the taste of the beer.
4.     Storing fresh food in the cellar encourages the growth of bacteria so make sure you avoid keeping it in the cellar.

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Keg couplers

Yeast often builds up on the keg couplers. It is important to remove it as it can lead to the beer tasting off – not what you want! The images below may look like magic, however we simply used Cellar Hygiene Spray and a Keg Coupler Brush to get them looking just like new.

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Beer line cleaning

It’s important to look after your beer lines and clean them on the regular basis to maintain dispense quality. Although it’s common practice to clean in-house on a weekly basis, this can be time-consuming and result in unnecessary waste. With the Clear Brew professional beer line cleaning service, you can rest assured that your lines are well taken of, you are making all-important savings, and great beer is ready to be served. So, how does it work?

There are four key components to our service:

1. Our expert technicians
2. Market-leading line cleaning solution
3. Inhibitor technology
4. Specialised water-fed mixing unit

These four elements enable us to clean on a 3-weekly cycle without compromising on quality. This ultimately brings your number of cleans down from 52 times a year to 17! With this in mind, let’s talk about the savings you would make…

1. Save money – By only cleaning 17 times a year, more beer is reaching your customers and you are using less resources.
2. Reduce waste – Cleaning on an extended frequency results in your water and beer waste being reduced by 66%.
3. Save time – The Clear Brew beer line cleaning service is labour inclusive, so you don’t have to worry about training staff and can focus on other areas of the business.

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Summary – Answering FAQs on beer line cleaning

What happens if you don’t clean beer lines?

If you don’t look after your beer lines correctly, you could end up compromising the quality of the beer. If your beer is hazy or tasting off, then it could be a sign that your lines are dirty.

What is the best way to clean beer lines?

As we briefly touched on before, many venues clean their beer lines in-house. It’s great to keep on top of it and make sure it’s done regularly, however this is not necessarily the easiest method. Discover all the details you need to know about the Clear Brew beer line cleaning process.

How often do beer lines need to be cleaned?

If you are using traditional methods, the beer lines should be cleaned weekly. Outsourcing it can result in the lines being cleaned on an extended frequency without affecting quality.

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For more details on any of the points here, get in touch with our team!