Sour kegs?

[Inthelab]

Do you guys segregate kegs used for sour beer so they cant be cleaned and filled with clean beer?

[Bainbridge]

No. And I took a straw poll of other local breweries, almost nobody segregates their sour kegs.

What I do though, is put a green ziptie on the handle of the keg. That way when washing time comes we know it had a sour in it, even if the keg collar's gone. Then we just run it through the keg washer twice for good measure.

[beer_gorilla]

No. And I took a straw poll of other local breweries, almost nobody segregates their sour kegs.

What I do though, is put a green ziptie on the handle of the keg. That way when washing time comes we know it had a sour in it, even if the keg collar's gone. Then we just run it through the keg washer twice for good measure.

Second this. I also checked a few other breweries and found none that separated. However, almost all had a method for indicating the keg had sour in it so that it could get a double wash.

Comforting to know others have been doing the same.

[Bainbridge]

There were others that ran them three times. One that filled them with water from the HLT and cooked them for a bit. But most, yeah, double wash and call it good.