Atrus
Well-Known Member
Looking into getting into brewing. I do have a general question - I plan on brewing the standard 5 gallons at a time. Most of the time, my friends and I will be consuming more than 1 beer at a time. Do you find it more labor and cost effective to bottle, or to use 1 gallon jugs? I'd just like to hear your experience before I place my order.
I was all about bottling, but the more I think of it, it might be good for me to get a case of bottles, and jug the majority. It'd be nice to be able to have a few bottles, but like I said, a lot of the time, it's a friend or two over, drinking a few pints. Are there any issues with carbonating in a jug? Not sure on the name of the method, but I was planning on doing the standard of forcing cabonation using sugar prior to bottling.
Thanks in advance! My buddy and I are excited to get going on brewing (I have a basement to ferment and age in, he doesn't, so my house will be the brew house) The plan is to start out small, and then get another 2 or so sets of fermenting jugs and carboys so we can have 2-3 blends on hand at any given time.
I was all about bottling, but the more I think of it, it might be good for me to get a case of bottles, and jug the majority. It'd be nice to be able to have a few bottles, but like I said, a lot of the time, it's a friend or two over, drinking a few pints. Are there any issues with carbonating in a jug? Not sure on the name of the method, but I was planning on doing the standard of forcing cabonation using sugar prior to bottling.
Thanks in advance! My buddy and I are excited to get going on brewing (I have a basement to ferment and age in, he doesn't, so my house will be the brew house) The plan is to start out small, and then get another 2 or so sets of fermenting jugs and carboys so we can have 2-3 blends on hand at any given time.