Racking Into A Keg That Just Ran Out

[Kingy]

Was just wondering my keg ran out about 2 weeks ago and is still hooked up to the gas,i have another brew ready to keg and it was the same as the last batch is it ok to rack into this keg without cleaning and sanitizing?

 

[Ross]

Was just wondering my keg ran out about 2 weeks ago and is still hooked up to the gas,i have another brew ready to keg and it was the same as the last batch is it ok to rack into this keg without cleaning and sanitizing?

Always best to rinse & sanitise; though I've often refilled without doing so when a keg has just run dry.
You'll feel pretty angry though if you refill & find the dregs of the previous one have indeed turned & wrecked your new brew.

Cheers Ross

 

[FNQ Bunyip]

how hard is it to clean anyway? wots ten minutes to make sure all is right..

Come on kingy, you go the the effort of brewing , and we all know sanitation is the key to good beer..

:beer:

 

[Kingy]

how hard is it to clean anyway? wots ten minutes to make sure all is right..

Come on kingy, you go the the effort of brewing , and we all know sanitation is the key to good beer..

:beer:

lol yea i know in the middle of sanitizing now its not that hard and i know its gunna taste better allready.

i was having a moment and trying to cut corners

 

[Brewer_010]

i was having a moment and trying to cut corners

hahaha - first step to having a ***** batch IMO!
Ten mins vs 2 hours (at least) of hard work brewing just to be rotten

 

[Kingy]

hahaha - first step to having a ***** batch IMO!
Ten mins vs 2 hours (at least) of hard work brewing just to be rotten

i just thought, well, its possible to brew a batch ontop of an old yeast cake so it must be possible to dump a brewed batch into a keg that held the same batch.

just kegged it and for some reason it looked a lot better going into a cleaned and sanitized keg ,
funny that :lol:

its just a sych thing i suppose

edit: remove drunken text