Dave Greenbaum
South Jersey FC Member
My keezer has pin-lock QDs attached to hoses with flare connectors. Until now, I would unscrew the QD from the beer line, screw the beer line to an aquarium pump, rinse the line, drop the pump in a bucket of BLC, recirculate for 15 minutes, disconnect everything, disassemble the pump, rinse it out, reassemble and put it in a bucket of water to rinse the line. This was extra inconvenient because I had to do that with latex gloves to keep the cleaner off my hands. I was thinking of getting a second pump so I wouldn't have to disassemble and rinse for each line until it dawned on my that I could use the sink to push water through the lines. This new system cleans two lines at a time and uses BLQDs to switch the input from rinse water to BLC. The QDs and faucets don't have to be removed unless it's time to clean them. Here are some pictures:
These are the individual parts. The output of the pump is 3/4" OD slip PVC through a 3/4" ID slip to 1/2" FNPT reducer ell to a 1/2" MNPT to male BLQD adapter. To the right of that is a female garden hose to male BLQD adapter for connection to rinse water. The input side has a MBLQD to 1/2" MNPT adapter feeding a 1/2" FNPT tee. Each side of the tee has a 1/2" MNPT to 1/4" FNPT adapter. Attached to that is a ball lock 19/32"-18 thread keg post adapter. Last is a pin-lock keg post with specially made 19/32"-18 threads.
I already had the pump from a DIY keg and carboy washer. The PVC reducer came from a hardware store. All the other parts I ordered from Brew Hardware.
This is the assembled unit:
Running rinse water with output dumped to a bucket:
Recirculating BLC through the lines:
To switch from rinse to cleaner only requires moving one BLQD and moving the output ends of the hoses from the taps from the dump bucket to the pump's recirculation bucket (an old Twizzlers container). It was a joy to use and clean up was easier, too.
These are the individual parts. The output of the pump is 3/4" OD slip PVC through a 3/4" ID slip to 1/2" FNPT reducer ell to a 1/2" MNPT to male BLQD adapter. To the right of that is a female garden hose to male BLQD adapter for connection to rinse water. The input side has a MBLQD to 1/2" MNPT adapter feeding a 1/2" FNPT tee. Each side of the tee has a 1/2" MNPT to 1/4" FNPT adapter. Attached to that is a ball lock 19/32"-18 thread keg post adapter. Last is a pin-lock keg post with specially made 19/32"-18 threads.
I already had the pump from a DIY keg and carboy washer. The PVC reducer came from a hardware store. All the other parts I ordered from Brew Hardware.
This is the assembled unit:
Running rinse water with output dumped to a bucket:
Recirculating BLC through the lines:
To switch from rinse to cleaner only requires moving one BLQD and moving the output ends of the hoses from the taps from the dump bucket to the pump's recirculation bucket (an old Twizzlers container). It was a joy to use and clean up was easier, too.
