Top Tips on getting ready for the festive season

By now everyone is in the middle of festive preparations for the busiest time of the year. It will be full-throttle from here on in. Menus have been planned, decorations are going up, bars are being stocked and entertainment booked. So far so good. It’s going to be so busy though that there are a few things you could be doing now to save time during the crush and ensure you are confident of delivering the perfect serve into the new year.

Keep Calm and Maintain Cleanliness

Before the rush truly starts, there’s just time to do some hygiene jobs now to keep everything truly clean over the festive season.

Cellar and Bar Hygiene

• Schedule your weekly beer line cleans so everyone knows when it’s going to happen
• If you have booked the service technician for your soda dispense system give it a line clean with diluted line cleaner (0.2-0.5% dilution)
• Soak all your nozzles, sprinklers etc.
• Give your cellar a good clean including keg couplers, Cleaning Ring Main attachments, Cask dip sticks, Cask Shives and Keystones

Glassware

Now might be a good time to renovate  your glassware  to make sure they are free of anything that might cause bloom right when you need it least.

Ice Ice Baby

Time to get those ice trays thoroughly clean and here’s why

Dish and Glass washing

Now is the time to get your washers serviced.  Not only does it minimise the chances of them konking out at the worst moment, a good service will ensure they are operating optimally. This has the double advantage of being both energy efficient and giving you the quickest turn-around for your glassware and tableware.

Pearls of Wisdom

In this time of hectic festive cheer for your staff, a short hygiene best-practice pow-wow reminder session helps to keep things running smoothly.

What Santa won’t bring you on Christmas Eve…

It doesn’t matter how far up on Santa’s nice list you are, he won’t be delivering cleaning chemicals (and if he does you have legitimate grounds for complaint). Don’t forget to check you have enough of the following to see you through till January:

• Beer line cleaner
• Glass and dish washer detergent and rinse aid
• Glass renovator
• Sanitising Spray

Wishing you a sparklingly clean festive season, packed to the rafters with perfect serves!