Swooded
Member
Hello from Las Vegas, NV
I brewed a bit back in my early 20's, but let the hobby lapse due to a lot of moving around. Now that I'm older & more settled down it seems like a great time to get back into it, because I definitely enjoyed it back then & could use a good hobby.
I gotta say, there's so much more readily available information this go round. It seems like all I had to go off of back in the day was my LHBS owner/employees & a few books I picked up. I've been lurking here on Home Brew Talk for a few weeks now & couldn't be happier to have found a place with such an active community. So - thanks in advance to everyone for the help i'll no doubt dig out of here.
I also have one question that's been sticking with me in preparation of getting restarted. I'm planning on getting my equipment in the coming month (don't have anything left from when I was younger, of course...).
What I'm looking at is midwest supplies Intermediate kit, so I'll have the ability to have 2 batches running at once right out of the gate (it has 2 secondary carboys & a fermenting bucket etc) & will be able to bottle,which inevitably will be wanted with certain batches. Then, I'm also thinking about getting their double keg set up (tank, 2 cornies with dual regulator).
So , the question:
Is there any real reason NOT to go right into kegging if I know that I will want to eventually? Now I'm not really trying to stir up a debate on pro-bottling or pro-kegging arguments, just more asking from the standpoint of a "new brewer" who knows that they'll be kegging eventually. Should I just spend the extra cash upfront & get my "ideal setup" or hold out for a few batches of bottling, because I might learn a few things I wouldn't other wise.
For the most part it seems to be just down to the money, which is definitely a bit of a deterrent, but it's hard to pass up when SWMBO is actually on board either way I go. I figured I'd see if any of you grizzled vets had any feed back in general.
Cheers
I brewed a bit back in my early 20's, but let the hobby lapse due to a lot of moving around. Now that I'm older & more settled down it seems like a great time to get back into it, because I definitely enjoyed it back then & could use a good hobby.
I gotta say, there's so much more readily available information this go round. It seems like all I had to go off of back in the day was my LHBS owner/employees & a few books I picked up. I've been lurking here on Home Brew Talk for a few weeks now & couldn't be happier to have found a place with such an active community. So - thanks in advance to everyone for the help i'll no doubt dig out of here.
I also have one question that's been sticking with me in preparation of getting restarted. I'm planning on getting my equipment in the coming month (don't have anything left from when I was younger, of course...).
What I'm looking at is midwest supplies Intermediate kit, so I'll have the ability to have 2 batches running at once right out of the gate (it has 2 secondary carboys & a fermenting bucket etc) & will be able to bottle,which inevitably will be wanted with certain batches. Then, I'm also thinking about getting their double keg set up (tank, 2 cornies with dual regulator).
So , the question:
Is there any real reason NOT to go right into kegging if I know that I will want to eventually? Now I'm not really trying to stir up a debate on pro-bottling or pro-kegging arguments, just more asking from the standpoint of a "new brewer" who knows that they'll be kegging eventually. Should I just spend the extra cash upfront & get my "ideal setup" or hold out for a few batches of bottling, because I might learn a few things I wouldn't other wise.
For the most part it seems to be just down to the money, which is definitely a bit of a deterrent, but it's hard to pass up when SWMBO is actually on board either way I go. I figured I'd see if any of you grizzled vets had any feed back in general.
Cheers
