How do you maintain a kegerator?

Your Kegerator Cleaning Kit

1. Step 1: Remove Beer Faucet.
2. Step 2: Ready Keg Coupler.
3. Step 3: Prepare Beer Line Cleaner.
4. Step 4: Flush Beer Line.
5. Step 5: Rinse Beer Line.
6. Step 6: Clean Beer Faucet.
7. Step 7: Reassemble Your Kegerator.
8. 30 Day Returns.

Is it worth having a kegerator?

When you buy a kegerator for your home, you’re not only able to conveniently store large amounts of cold draft beer, but you can also save approximately 40-60\% in costs, compared to buying the same volume of beer in cans or bottles. The savings can be even greater for some brands of beers, as well as various keg sizes.

How long does a kegerator last?

If refrigerated within a kegerator that uses CO2, a keg will generally last at least 6-8 weeks before it starts to lose its fresh taste. If you store it at the appropriate temperatures, pasteurized beer will last you at least three months, sometimes as long as six months.

How often should you clean your kegerator?

It is recommended that you clean your draft lines with caustic beer line cleaning solution a minimum every two weeks or, at least, every time you change kegs.

How long will a keg last in a kegerator?

For a properly stored keg in a kegerator, how long the beer will remain fresh will depend on the style of beer. Pasteurized beers can stay fresh from three to six months. For non-pasteurized beers, you can expect the keg to stay fresh approximately two months.

Does a kegerator need a drain?

Drainage Most kegerators come with a non-draining drip tray that requires you to have to empty out old beer when it fills up. You can add a drain to any drip tray with a Drain Conversion Assembly for Draft Beer Drip Trays or even a glass rinser.

Does keg beer taste better?

A: Draft beer is definitely better than bottled, but canned can be better than draft. Draft beers usually move faster, and if you’re replacing kegs more often, that usually means fresher beer. So, in terms of quality and turnover, it’s draft, then cans, then bottles.

How long is beer good in a kegerator?

How long does an open keg of beer last?

In general, the fresher your keg draft beer is, the better it tastes. Keg beer will remain fresh if dispensing with CO2, while maintaining the proper temperature and pressure: Non-pasteurized draft beer about 45-60 days. Pasteurized draft beer about 90-120 days.

Should you clean new Kegerator lines?

A: In commercial environments, line cleaning should be performed at least once every two weeks. For home environments that may not cycle through as much beer and have a much shorter beer line, we recommend that you clean your lines every time you switch out a keg or every five weeks, whichever is shorter.