Recent content by tlewisii

Thanks. I'm using Swing Top bottles, which is why I'm only doing 6 (it's all I own in that style). I was planning on using a bottling bucket to mix the sugar, but never thought about doing it in 2 stages. My new plan will be to siphon out 100 oz for the bottles/add appropriate amount of sugar...

I have a 5 gallon batch in the secondary that I am about to bottle/keg. I am going to bottle 6 16oz bottles and keg the rest. My questions is how much sugar to use. I have found formulas to decide how much sugar to add to the batch if I'm bottling or if I'm kegging, but none that have both...

Thanks everbody. I think I'm going to bottle a few and keg the rest. I'm going to leave it in the primary for 2 weeks and transfer over to a secondary for about 6 weeks I think before I bottle/keg them. Thanks again!

I am brewing a Belgian Trippel and will need to decide in a few weeks if I should bottle or Keg. What does everybody think? Pro's/Con's? I would rather keg, but have heard from a few people that the bottle conditioning will be better for the beer type. I will be using a mini fridge to...