Kegging Leftovers

[ozpowell]

I am currently brewing a 26L Lager and was thinking about what to do with the leftover 5 or 6L after I transfer to my corny keg. I usually about 22L and only have 2 or 3 L leftover, so I normally just bottle a few. However, with so much this time, I was thinking about transferring the remainder into a small fermenter for some extended cold conditioning and then, when I have consumed about 1/3 of my keg, top it up with the CC'ed leftovers (ie. vent the keg and pump it in via the beer-out post, then give it a couple of days to get back up to the right carb level).

Anyone see a reason why I shouldn't do this?

Thanks,
Michael.

 

[chovain]

Only problem I see is that you want to make sure it stays fresh in the fermenter. You'll have a lot of headspace in there, so make sure you flood it with CO2, or even better, just pop it in a spare keg (and burp) if you have one free.

That said, I'd personally just dump it in bottles to see how the flavour develops over a longer period than my kegs normally last.

 

[crozdog]

i agree with Mark, partly fill another keg, purge it then CC it. i wouldn't bother about topping up the 1st keg. you can gas up the cc'd keg or use it as a "bitser" / "mongrel" keg which you add the extra bits form several brews until the keg is full at which time you carb it and drink. There was a post re that a few months ago.

 

[KGB]

I wouldn't bother topping up your keg either, too much hassle with carb'ing, and not worth the risk for infection etc. Bottle or dump to a mongrel keg.

 

[tangent]

+1 mongrel keg

 

[Adamt]

I recently hit this problem... solved by priming/filling 2L soft drink bottles! A 6-pack in 1 handy bottle.

 

[drag]

I usually fill PET bottles with the leftovers and put them back in the brew fridge.
Will be filling the keg soon for Australia day party.