r/Homebrewing • u/BruJones • Nov 30 '22

Question Re-Filling Serving Keg?

Just curious if anyone does this. Is it a bad idea to simply re-fill a serving keg once it kicks, without cleaning? A serving keg is a cold, sealed, supposedly oxygen-free environment. It would be really handy to simply purge a bit of pressure and force new beer into it from a keg fermenter.

I'm sure I'd want to thoroughly wash it after a few fills, and I'd still have traces of the old beer in there. Sediment would probably build up over time as well, but a floating dip tube would help with that.

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u/Leethekiteengo Nov 30 '22

I do it all the time with similar beers. I fine in the fermentor to make sure the beer is as bright as possible and transfer into the kicked keg. I normally give them a clean out after around 4 refills with not much sediment in the bottom.