snowblind5150

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I love the fact it doesn't take much longer to brew a 10-gallon batch, but the bottling takes twice as long. It took all afternoon(probably a total of 5 hours) to bottle a ten gallon batch and a 5-gallon batch.

It'll be worth it in a couple weeks, though.

Hammy71

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10 gallon batches? Oh...it ain't that bad....LOL But seriously, I bottled around 6 cases of beer last year off the kegger for x-mas. Never again....

passedpawn

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I'm kegging now, but I did this for a while. Doubletime bottling.

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snowblind5150

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Kegging is one of my goals. I've been building up my equipment for fermenting 10-gallon batches. Now I have to figure out whether to focus on kegging or switching to electric.

turkeyjerky214

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That's pretty clever doing the double bottling. I've never seen that before.

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EricR

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Honestly, go for kegging first. The sheer time saving it brings you will be well worth the waiting for the electric setup. Plus the feeling I get when I pull a home brewed pint from my kegerator is indescribable.

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And a great use for the ping pong table when not playing beer pong

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Smashing

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Just kegged 5 gals, took me 20 mins total. 10 gals would have been like 25 mins. All the work is in the cleaning and sanitation. I don't miss bottles.

Ricand

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I have that Kettler table too, it's freakin awesome. Mines outside, wind can have an interesting affect on play. I don't use it for bottling though..

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passedpawn

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That one is outside, too (and I love that table, but they are fairly expensive - the blue was an extra $100). Wind isn't a problem, but those pavers make us chase the ball a lot - it doesn't bounce straight back up, and often ends up in the pool.

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Now there's some take delight in the carriages a rolling
and others take delight in the hurling and the bowling
but I take delight in the juice of the barley
and courting pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early