Stale beer smell

[Youngy]

Hi,

I have purchased a 2nd hand Brewflo with kegs.

The inside of the Brewflo and kegs have a stale beer smell.

Any ideas on have to get rid of the smell?

Youngy

[Captain 3 Droids]

1 hour ago, Youngy said:

Hi,

I have purchased a 2nd hand Brewflo with kegs.

The inside of the Brewflo and kegs have a stale beer smell.

Any ideas on have to get rid of the smell?

Youngy

Sodium percarbonate.  For your 5l keg half fill with water, put a table spoon of the sodium percarbonate in a saucepan and add some boiled water to really activate it. Pour into keg, then fill keg with water to the top. Leave about 12hrs, overnight, drain and then rinse out. Should be all good.

[Youngy]

HI,

I tried sodium percarbonate in a keg for 2 hours, still had a smell. WIll try longer.

Any ideas for the flo?

 

 

[Captain 3 Droids]

10 hours ago, Youngy said:

HI,

I tried sodium percarbonate in a keg for 2 hours, still had a smell. WIll try longer.

Any ideas for the flo?

 

 

2 hours not long enough, 12 or overnight as suggested. I also believe sodium carbonate gets rid of odours. Not sure about the flo, someone will report.

Cheers Mark.

[Captain 3 Droids]

I think I meant bicarbonate (baking powder)

[Youngy]

Will try and let you know.

I have had a bowl of bicarb soda (baking soda) in the droid for 5 days and still smells.

 

[Captain 3 Droids]

43 minutes ago, Youngy said:

Will try and let you know.

I have had a bowl of bicarb soda (baking soda) in the droid for 5 days and still smells.

 

Yuck. I assume you have removed the lid seal, pulled the tap apart and cleaned up the spout as with the drain bung?

[Dustin Frothman]

Is it worth trying 50/50 vinegar and water?

[xpsTech]

I'd be a bit wary with such a high concentration of vinegar as it may damage the plastic and the window seal, better check with the @BrewArt Team first.

The FAQs talk about a slight smell in the plastic being normal.

My go to is to fill the BeerDroid with warm water then add 30ml Unscented Bleach and 30ml Vinegar, let soak for a few hours, rinse and let air dry, if putting the unit away, make sure it's dry and leave the lid off, tap and drain plug out.

Make sure you add the chemicals to the water already in the Droid not the other way around to avoid fumes and undiluted chemicals on the plastic.

Do the same for the Kegs, not sure about the Flo, perhaps wipe it down and leave open, also you could try putting a little warm water in the bottom (1 cup) and flush it through to the drip tray using the silver button at the bottom front of the unit, repeat as needed if there is gunk coming through.

[Dustin Frothman]

9 minutes ago, xpsTech said:

I'd be a bit wary with such a high concentration of vinegar as it may damage the plastic and the window seal, better check with the @BrewArt Team first.

Good point. Thanks. 👍

[BrewArt Team]

Thanks @xpsTech,

I agree, I would avoid high concentrations of Vinegar as well. Highly acidic concentrations could cause chemical attack on the BeerDroid plastic.  

The Vinegar/Bleach solution is a good idea, I would also do a sodium percarbonate soak for 24 hours to get rid of everything. 
But as Xps said, some beer smell in the BeerDroid is normal. 

Cheers