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03-06-2009, 01:26 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Non keggers- How many batches have you bottled?
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I have bottled 26 batches of beer so far. I don't mind bottling. Bottling day is quick and easy compared to brewday, plus I like having live, cask conditioned ale that continues to improve with age, and I love the pfffft when I open a bottle of my homebrew. I may never go the kegging route. I'm quite happy with my bottled brew. How 'bout you?
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03-06-2009, 01:28 AM
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Drink your beer!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Upper Michigan
Posts: 41,513
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I'm a kegger now, but not for that long, maybe about two years. So, the first 100 or 150 batches were all bottled!
That said, I am so glad I keg now. I can't believe I bottled like 5000 bottles before I started this!
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03-06-2009, 02:22 AM
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Moo-ho-ha-ha
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Muir Beach, California
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I did around 20 batches, then switched to kegging. However, I bottle my porter and aventinus. BUT, really like the taste out of the keg. Right now I am on batch 38.
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03-06-2009, 02:44 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Rochester, MN
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I started with kegging (don't hate me), but I made my last batch as a present for my dad and bottled it and it made me appreciate kegging that much more. I don't mind filling a 6er or 12 pack with the BMBF, but I definitely did not enjoy bottling 2 cases worth. Although it did go quicker than I expected.
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On tap: Amarillo Pale Ale, Impromptu Wit
Kegged: Sterling Gold (x2), Impromptu Wit, Lady Liberty cream ale (x2), Chinook SMaSH
Primary: Schwartzbier
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On Deck: Barleywine
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03-06-2009, 03:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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What does Revvy always say about bottling threads, I can't quite remember but I know it has to do with kegging... hmmm...
I bottle and so far, collectively (including the hiatus I took for 2 years), I have bottle 15 batches...
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03-06-2009, 03:11 AM
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Loving the hobby
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Posts: 292
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I bottled my first batch, and then got a sweet deal on cornies from eBay. So I shopped around and invested in what I needed to get a basic kegging system set up. However, since I'm still new to the hobby I'm pretty much going back and forth based on what's empty. My second batch? I didn't have enough bottles cleaned out yet - into the keg it went. Third batch? Plenty of clean bottles, and wanted to keg fourth batch - into the bottles they went. I think it'll be like this for a while...
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03-06-2009, 03:33 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 332
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i keg and bottle from the keg as needed; a picnic tap and a racking cane = beergun and you can bottle a assload of beer in 15 minutes flat.
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03-06-2009, 03:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 662
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I actually enjoy the whole bottling process. Like Beerbeque stated, the pfffft is a satisfying zen to me! I do, however plan on eventually getting to a point where I can keg a corny and cart it to a party or picnic or wherever.
The bottles are great if it's just me and some pals but I would like to travel without dealing with glass. Some places (like the beach) won't let you drink from glass bottles so I think a little kegger with a picnic tap might be a fun alternative.
I've helped others bottle but I've done about 10 of my own batches so far...
-Tripod
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03-06-2009, 04:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Atkinson (near the Quad Cities), IL
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I do both, but I've probably bottled about 100 batches... 
Right now I have 17 full cornies, 7 cases of brew, 9 batches in primaries and secondaries and over 100 bottles of meads and ciders...and planning on brewing again this weekend after I do my taxes...
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03-06-2009, 04:49 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Posts: 8
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Bottled 3 batches so far... 1 keg... I do like the bottles and I don't have a keggerator yet, so that might make me bias towards bottling. I really enjoy giving my home brew away, people always love to try new beers.
But if I had the nice keg setup, I might do every other one keg...
Jared
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