Get ready for a merry Christmas! 3 tips for serving top-quality pints from your local beer line cleaners

Let’s start by setting the scene. The winter weather has arrived, and the dark evenings have well and truly settled in. Your venue is glowing with festive lights and Christmas cheer. Eager to escape the frosty elements, you find the room filling up and queues of thirsty customers forming at the bar. The beer is flowing, and you want to guarantee that they are sipping a quality pint, right? That’s where Clear Brew, your local beer line cleaners can help. Join us as we dive into what makes a great pint and top tips for serving quality beer.

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What makes a great pint?

3 tips for serving top-quality pints

Further advice

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What makes a great pint?

This is a tricky question to answer as preference plays a big part. However, there are certain factors that are important when it comes to serving beer. I’m sure we can all agree that taste is an integral factor. Nobody wants a pint that tastes off or is tainted by other products! Of course, the glass also plays an important role in making the perfect pint. A flat or lifeless pint can actually be a result of a dirty glass, so it’s important to take good care of glassware!

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3 tips for serving top-quality pints from your local beer line cleaners

1.     Keep your cellar in check

Maintaining optimum cellar conditions is important for protecting the quality of your beer. From temperature to cleanliness, there is a lot to consider. Here are just a couple of points to keep in mind:

• Ensuring all areas of your cellar meet top hygiene standards is crucial throughout the busy season ahead. As part of the cellar maintenance, the space should be cleared of any rubbish and food. A Cellar Floor & Wall Cleaner can then be used to remove organic soiling.
• Checking that the keg couplers do not have a build-up of yeast will help to protect the quality of the beer. Should the keg couplers require cleaning, a Keg Coupler Brush can be used alongside Cellar Hygiene Spray to remove any yeast.
• Carrying out simple daily tasks such as checking the cellar temperature is between 11ᵒC and 13ᵒC can help protect the quality of your beer and ensure you consistently serve perfect pints.

2.     Don’t forget the details at the bar

As we mentioned before, it’s important to take good care of glassware throughout the festive season. This can be tricky if you don’t have the right products to hand. We recommend that you use a quality glasswash and rinseaid to keep your glasses sparkling. Alongside this, using a decent pre-treatment system will help to remove any lipstick marks.

Nozzle care is another important part of bar maintenance! They can quite often be neglected or not cleaned properly which can lead to bacteria being introduced to the pints – yuck! We recommend that your use a professional nozzle care kit to keep them squeaky clean and your pints looking and tasting just as they should.

3.     Maintain your beer lines

The condition of the beer lines plays a crucial part in the quality of the beer. It can be difficult to maintain them consistently and stay on top of the weekly clean when you are busy or have temporary staff in place over the festive season. That’s where Clear Brew can help! We can take the task of beer line cleaning off your hands, saving you time and giving you peace of mind that your dispense system is being well maintained!

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Further advice

If you need further advice when it comes to serving top-quality pints, we are on hand to answer any question you may have. Your local beer line cleaner can be found here.