Belgian - Bottle or Keg?

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I have a big tripel in my secondary, and it's been there for about 2 months. My question is whether this a beer that should be bottled, in order to continue aging, or whether I should keg it.

Any thoughts would be appreciated :mug:
 
Bottle. I just bottled my tripel two weeks ago.

This is a beer that you want to cellar and let age. I've read that aging it in kegs doesn't work very well - I can't remember if it's because off flavors or what.
 
I just bottled 2 cases of tripel, The hardest part is wait the month for bottle conditioning. The sample was strong, wow weee :p If i did my math correctly it was around 12%
 
No reason you can't keg the tripel. It will age just as well in a keg as it will in bottles.

WRT the oatmeal stout, keg it. Beer gas sucks anyway.

The only beers I won't keg are wheat beers where I want the yeast to be in suspension when I drink them. Something about swirling a keg every time I want to pull a pint isn't as attractive as just swirling the bottle. :cross:
 
i'm facing the same dilemma. i'll be racking 2 belgians in to kegs later this evening just to free up my carboys, but i think i'll bottle them in the end. i've been saving the big belgian bottles and i'll probably buy more and get one of those hard core corkers!
 

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