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Just wondering about you folks that brew 10 gallon batches. What in the world do you do w/100 bottles or 2 kegs of the same stuff?

Do you drink that much that you go thru it fast?? or do you have a lot of friends over that help you?

Of course you may have lots of storage room and can build up a nice selection.

Here in Hawai`i I can't see storing beer at "room temp" because my room temp varies from 80/68 in our "winter" to 85/75 during the summer in my un-airconditioned house.

Besides I just don't have all that room to store it any way.

Not saying anything bad about the big patches, just wondering.

Okole Maluna!

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Billy-Klubb

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10 gallons of any session can go real fast. and helps out when you brew big beers that take some bottle aging.

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Johnnyhitch1

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In retrospect it takes the same amount of time to brew 10 or 5 gallons.
Some people like the larger return from the same amount of labor.
I plan on brewing 10g batchs soon and will keg half and bottle half so its more portable.
Plus i have a large crawlspace under the house that keeps from large swings between winter and summer.

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Phunhog

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I "give away" one keg and drink the other one. You are right though that unless you are giving away the beer 10 gallons is too much for one person IMO.

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I like splitting a ten gallon batch and using two different yeasts and different hops for dry hopping. I may keg both, or bottle one, keg the other. I have plenty of storage space, so that helps if I want to bottle age.

Obliviousbrew

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Dude if you have the kind of friends that I have you should brew 20 gallon batches

Billy-Klubb

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10 gallons really isn't that much. what's the difference between a 10g batch & two 5g batches?

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Two 5 gallon batches can be two completely different beers.

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Billy-Klubb

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yep. but 10 gallons is 10 gallons. having 10g of one style, two 5g of completely different styles, or five 2g batches for yeast experiments. it's still 10 gallons.

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MrsMichelle

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I never had so many friends until I started brewing 10 gallon batches...