The good news, it's easy to do and doesn't require alot of heavy elbow work, the bad news. You have the most ungainly group of items ever devised by man to clean. Did I mention the nooks and crannies? No? Oh you have nooks and crannies too.
Case in point #1 the Keg... because bottling is so much worse then kegging. Now for those of you keeping score at home this is the same keg that I kept batch #1 in and the keg I planned on putting batch #2 in.
The stuff in the bottom? The normal sediment you get with home brewing since your not filitering your beer like the micro/macro brews you get this lovely sludge in the bottom. The good news it's mostly beer (barely) and fine particulate matter so it's easy to rinse out. The bad news... remember the bit about the nooks and crannies? Now look down on the bottom of the picture... see the tube thats where the beer comes out of the keg... You need to clean that too.I can already hear you crying with joy now.
It's not as bad as you think... the thing actually screws out first off and then you can get a special brush to clean the inside. If you goto morebeer.com it's called a line brush if you talk to the guys at homebrewdepot here in Mesa it's a "dip tube brush". 
So cleaning the keg isn't that bad at all and once you've got it disassembled it's really easy to clean. I think I may get a toliet brush (a new one you sicko) to clean the keg after the next batch clears out. Since all I really did this time was rinse it with water and gave the keg a once over with my carboy brush. I am probably going to look for a deep socket set since the connectors on the top of the keg are hexagonal in shape and a socket wrench will fit around them. Lets just say it's a little unnerving pressurizing your tank to 25psi after hand tightening everything.
Of course if things had gone south on me I would have the start of a very nice sky light in my kitchen.
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