I think the biggest plus is simply being able to drink your beer sooner. No bottle conditioning. On top of that its much more easy to do. You don't have to clean, fill, and cap 50+ bottles.
but unless you are only drinking at home the kegging isn't convenient.. I mean I can take my bottles anywhere in a cooler or not and share easly... Why would someone want to spend on kegs, pressurizing, tap, adjusting pressure (huge head if you dont adjust well) , etc etc etc
Im not bad mouthing it, just want to understand it
but unless you are only drinking at home the kegging isn't convenient.. I mean I can take my bottles anywhere in a cooler or not and share easly... Why would someone want to spend on kegs, pressurizing, tap, adjusting pressure (huge head if you dont adjust well) , etc etc etc
Im not bad mouthing it, just want to understand it
Conditioning time is going to be beer dependent, no matter if you keg or bottle. Kegs also make great bulk aging vessels. They're also safer, and have a smaller footprint than a carboy. You can also naturally carb your beer in the keg just like you would a bottle if you prefer instead of force carbing. And, if you really want a few bottles to share, or enter into comps, it's really easy to bottle off the keg.So. You don't need to condition the beer before kegging? I mean, yes it gets carbed faster... but does the beer need to sit for an extra couple weeks as it would from bottling to meld the flavors?
I can clean, sanitize and bottle an entire batch in about 1.5 hours solo, about 45-60 minutes with a helper.
It's even easier when you clean multiple kegs at a time. Hot PBW, and just jump it from out post to out post from keg to keg, adding a little extra PBW as you go down the line as needed. Followed by jumping 5 gallons of star san. Sanitized and oxygen purged kegs ready when you need them.And this is the one big benefit I'm surprised nobody's pointed out yet - the time and effort difference. Yes, some folks like duboman find a certain zen in the act of bottling - but that's a lot of cleaning and sanitizing right there to get all those bottles done.
Me? I clean my kegs when they get empty, then fill them up with a couple gallons of sanitizer and pressurize them, so they're ready to go come filling time. On filling day, I simply use the sanitizer in them to sanitize my autosiphon, rack the fermenter to the keg, and I'm done - takes about 15 minutes tops. Maybe 30, if you count the effort of cleaning the keg too. You just can't say the same for the effort of cleaning and sanitizing, then filling and capping 50 or 60 bottles. Most folks don't find that effort particularly fun. Maybe you do - more power to you if you do!
For me... it saves my back from cleaning 60 bottles for each beer!
For me... it saves my back from cleaning 60 bottles for each beer!
Mongrel said:It's even easier when you clean multiple kegs at a time. Hot PBW, and just jump it from out post to out post from keg to keg, adding a little extra PBW as you go down the line as needed. Followed by jumping 5 gallons of star san. Sanitized and oxygen purged kegs ready when you need them.
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