I am fairly new to home brewing, and I was wondering how many beer bottles / cases is the ideal amount to have. I found it frustrating with only 4 cases, and now I have 8 cases of bottles. I have asked this question at the U-Brews around here and the answer that I keep getting is how many bottles a kit will make! My question to all of you is, What is the ideal number of beer bottles for a home brewer? Or, how many do you have?