After staring at pictures of Migloors magical new keg all week since we didn’t have any new posts, I got jealous.  Yeap, that shiny stainless five gallon container was making my cornys feel down right flimsy.  So today when I picked up Keg #4, I decided I was going to attempt to restore the outer beauty.

First, here’s a list of the required chemicals and goodies:

1. Beer.  If there’s one thing the Godfather of homebrewing Papazian taught me it’s that every homebrewing activity requires a beer in the other hand.
2. Bar Keepers Friend (BKF)
3. Brasso
4. Dirty Keg
5. Sponge
6. Paper Towel

Step 1:  Wet the sponge and use some BKF to clean the outside of the keg.  DON’T use circular motions, go straight up and down the horizontal length of the keg.

Step 2: Rinse the keg with cold water.

Step 3: Apply brasso with a damp sponge.  Apply liberally.

Step 4: Let the brasso dry to a nice white paste.

Step 5: Buff the brasso off with a paper towel.

Step 6: Admire the extra $96 dollars you have in your pocket.

In the end, the keg looked a lot better.  The pictures might not show it as well as I can see.  Sadly, it didn’t bring it up to the show room quality of the Migloor spankin’ new keg.  Luckily, it’s what’s inside the keg that matters.

Tags: Bar Keepers Friend, Brasso, clean a keg, corny keg, how to clean a keg, keg, Migloors magical new keg

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