flatrockbrewing
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I found my homebrew tastes better from a bottle then a keg. It's much clearer and seems to condition faster. Does anyone strictly bottle all of their homebrew?
I guess I wan't questioning the O2 exposure, but rather would "burping" the built up CO2 affect carbonation levels? Prolly not, just asking.
It's a huge debate in our brewery if we should sell bombers over kegging our beers. Most of our beers are oak barrel aged and to me that just screams out for bottle conditioning.
Our brewery staff are debating selling bottles vs kegs. Kegs seem easier to deal with but we barrel age much of our beers and bottle conditioning seem to go hand in hand with oak aging.
Our brewery staff are debating selling bottles vs kegs. Kegs seem easier to deal with but we barrel age much of our beers and bottle conditioning seem to go hand in hand with oak aging.
IDK how ageing in bottles is any different from ageing in kegs. How would it be any different? I have always kegged because of the ease of kegging. I have aged in the keg for 5 months and the beer came out great. If I had put that beer in bottles it would have been better?
For me big beers are not the type where I want to drink three in a row. I have a three tap draft setup. I don't want one of the taps tied up with a saison, IIPA or a doppelbock. I currently have three sessions on the taps. Right now I have apfelwein bottled and drink off the taps; brown porter, Irish red, light ale.
Kegs are for session beers, bottles for anything special. I believe this makes sense you are running a business or just homebrewing. If you are not kegging or haven't done so you may not be able to appreciate kegging. A business will not tie up a tap with an obscure beer that it may not sell very often, but they will stock bottles for those looking for something special. The exception is if you are at bar that is really a tap room. (Meaning 100+ Taps)
billtzk said:So, you brew commercially? Brew pub? Microbrewery? For the latter, bottles, for the former, kegs.
When you say "selling bottles vs kegs", what volume and type of kegs were you considering selling?
To me, only the really big beers get bottled.
Barley wine, Russian Imperial Stout, OLd Ales...
You can always bottle from the keg
LAjerm said:To me, only the really big beers get bottled.
Barley wine, Russian Imperial Stout, OLd Ales...
You can always bottle from the keg
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