The problem with 10 gallon batches - Page 2

**corkybstewart** · 12-05-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Smashing

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.

I can sanitize 2 kegs(already cleaned and ready to go) and a hose, then fill the kegs on my lunch hour and still have time to eat lunch.

turkeyjerky214 · 12-05-2011, 07:18 PM

+1 more for kegging first

I've got 20 gallons in my basement I'm planning on kegging later today. My kegs are already cleaned and sanitized. Not counting cleanup (which I'll do when I brew in a few days) it'll probably take me half an hour to fill 4 kegs.

**EricR** · 12-05-2011, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by turkeyjerky214

+1 more for kegging first

I've got 20 gallons in my basement I'm planning on kegging later today. My kegs are already cleaned and sanitized. Not counting cleanup (which I'll do when I brew in a few days) it'll probably take me half an hour to fill 4 kegs.

Now imagine putting all of that in bottles...

Although there is something to be said about keeping at least a 12 pack of bottled homebrew for sharing / sampling.

turkeyjerky214 · 12-05-2011, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EricR

Although there is something to be said about keeping at least a 12 pack of bottled homebrew for sharing / sampling.

Bottle off the keg. I haven't bottled a full batch that way yet (just for taking places and competition), but I'm planning on carbing my barleywine in the keg and then filling a bunch of 22 oz bottles. Same with a smoked porter a buddy and I made for him as a thank you for a big favor. Gonna carb it up and then bottle when he comes back in town in January.

I never could quite get the right level of carbonation back when I naturally carbed.