05/09/2026
🍺 I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been to a restaurant or bar, ordered a draft b**r, and immediately thought… something tastes off.
It’s one of the reasons I’ve always been pretty obsessive about keeping my b**r system clean.
When I first opened Aqua Duck, my b**r distributor would come in and ask if I needed them to clean my lines. Nope — I do it myself, and I do it frequently.
They were actually surprised by how often I cleaned everything. They’d tell me horror stories about some of the systems they serviced — taps taken apart with springs and internal parts covered in old b**r residue, slime, mold and all kinds of nasty buildup. 🤢
One time they happened to see me taking apart one of my old-style taps and couldn’t believe how clean everything inside was compared with what they were used to seeing.
My current system is even better because the dispensing assemblies are enclosed inside the refrigerated compartment, but I still regularly clean and flush everything.
It’s one of those jobs customers will probably never see or think about.
But they’ll definitely notice when it isn’t being done. 😂
If I’m serving you a b**r, I want it tasting the way it’s supposed to taste. 🍺
Just another bit of the unglamorous stuff that happens behind the scenes at Aqua Duck. 🦆
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🍺 식당이나 바에서 생맥주를 주문했는데 한 모금 마시자마자 “어? 뭔가 맛이 이상한데…”라고 느꼈던 적이 정말 많습니다.
그래서 저는 예전부터 맥주 디스펜싱 시스템 청소에 꽤 집착하는 편입니다.
Aqua Duck을 처음 오픈했을 때 맥주 납품업체에서 올 때마다 맥주 라인 청소가 필요한지 물어보곤 했습니다. 하지만 저는 직접, 그리고 자주 청소한다고 했죠.
그러자 오히려 업체 직원들이 놀라더군요. 다른 식당이나 바의 탭을 분해해 보면 내부 스프링과 부품에 오래된 맥주 찌꺼기, 끈적한 오염물, 곰팡이까지 잔뜩 끼어 있는 경우가 있다면서 끔찍한 이야기들을 들려주곤 했습니다. 🤢
한번은 제가 예전에 사용하던 탭을 직접 분해해서 �
