Beers that have to be bottled

Are there any styles of beer that you feel just have to be bottled even if you have kegs? How about sours? Lambics, Krieks, Flanders, Oud Bruin? Would you ever keg / force carbonate these or would you always bottle them?

I'm getting ready to brew a Tripel which is what got me thinking about this. Any reason not to keg this beer? Any good reason to bottle condition it?

If it's a matter of preference than it's easier (to me) to force carb it, I have enough kegs that it's not a big deal. But if there's a compelling reason to bottle condition it then I need to allow an extra 2 weeks before I need to have it brewed.

 

I've never brewed a Belgian beer in my nearly 7 years of brewing (planning one soon) but I think they are best bottle conditioned. I've had St.Bernardus ABT 12 on tap, it's just not quite the same.

I also think hefeweizens are best bottled. I have one bottled right now, and kegged another one recently. Looking forward to seeing how they differ (even though I've kegged hefes many times), still curious!

Pretty much any beer you don't want to drink every day or even once a week is better in the bottle. Barleywines, imperial stouts, Belgians, sours, etc. Hefes are everyday beer, but I like having the yeast in there.

 

Thanks for the feedback.

I suppose if you wanted it bottle conditioned (naturally carbonated vs forced) you could always prime in the keg and carb it that way. Isn't that mostly what bottled conditioned means?