Maybe I'm overthinking this.
I have a full fermenter (blueberry Kolsch, if it matters) ready to keg. I have a partially filled keg of the same exact beer. It still tastes good; better, probably, than when it was new. The keg (3 gallons) is bigger than the batch size (2-2.5 gallons), so I think it has room for both the old and new beer.
So, should I
I have a full fermenter (blueberry Kolsch, if it matters) ready to keg. I have a partially filled keg of the same exact beer. It still tastes good; better, probably, than when it was new. The keg (3 gallons) is bigger than the batch size (2-2.5 gallons), so I think it has room for both the old and new beer.
So, should I
- rack the new beer directly on top of the old, and skip any cleaning or sanitizing of the keg?
- clean and sanitize new keg, keg new beer, pour old beer on top until keg is full? (Or pour old beer into new keg, then rack new beer on top.)
- dispose of the old beer, keg new beer as normal?