Dispense Closedown Procedure - DraughtMaster

As you are aware, we have now entered a third National lockdown and we felt that it is appropriate at this time, to again provide advice to ensure that you can open your doors back to the public without delay and with your beer quality unaffected.

The information below gives critical advice on how to manage your outlet’s dispense system to minimise disruption when restrictions are lifted and your business can re-open. Following this advice will avoid the strong possibility of extensive delays to your reopening due to possible irreparable damage to the dispense equipment.

The following procedure will help to protect the lines when not in use:

• Turn off the remote/flash coolers. This will prevent lines freezing
• Carry out a standard line clean on all dispense lines using the on-screen display (normal procedure)
• Following the clean, the lines will need to be flushed out with fresh water every seven days using the rinse only feature (in the same way as the last part of the normal clean)

Under no circumstances leave the lines soaking in water for more than seven days, as it may go stagnant, causing irreparable damage to the python and modules, resulting in tainted beer.

If you can’t gain access to the system to flush the lines through every seven days (outlet closure) then the last option would be to leave the system in beer.
When re-opening an outlet:
• Carry out a full line clean of the dispense system as normal
• Ensure remote/flash cooler is turned back on for beer dispense