bottle v keg

[slark1]

Bottle every time.
I tried kegs and I hate the carbonation of injected co2.
In the UK we frown upon keg beers, preferring cask with no extra carbonation.
Bottling is easy with my Little Demon bottler, just fix it to the tap and insert into bottle. Takes me 15 minutes to bottle 6 (UK) gallons and the chance of losing any beer is very much reduced and I don't need expensive kegerators and co2 bottles. I use 80 grams of brewing sugar to add to the brew to proved natural carbonation to all my brews.

 

[madscientist451]

In the UK we frown upon keg beers, preferring cask with no extra carbonation.

Disclaimer: I'm going to sound like an opinionated A-hole, but I suppose that's accurate.
My comment: Do you speak for all in the UK that "frown upon" force carbonated beers? And if cask ales are truly preferred, why do they account for less than 17% of the beer market in the UK?
http://cask-marque.co.uk/cask-matters/sales-cask-ale-increasing-year/
The article does note that cask ales are increasing in popularity and sales are going up from year to year, even though the overall beer market is declining or stagnant.

Sorry to point out the facts, you are probably a great guy and a fellow homebrewer as well, but I just have a habit of calling things as I see them.
My 2 cents and about $6 MAY get you a decent pint at a pub, but there's no guarantee....
PS: As far as bottling vs/kegging I think you are right, some beers are better bottle conditioned. But I'm way too lazy to go back to bottling, except for some special brew.

 

[vampirebeer]

Disclaimer: I'm going to sound like an opinionated A-hole, but I suppose that's accurate.
My comment: Do you speak for all in the UK that "frown upon" force carbonated beers? And if cask ales are truly preferred, why do they account for less than 17% of the beer market in the UK?
http://cask-marque.co.uk/cask-matters/sales-cask-ale-increasing-year/
The article does note that cask ales are increasing in popularity and sales are going up from year to year, even though the overall beer market is declining or stagnant.

Sorry to point out the facts, you are probably a great guy and a fellow homebrewer as well, but I just have a habit of calling things as I see them.
My 2 cents and about $6 MAY get you a decent pint at a pub, but there's no guarantee....
PS: As far as bottling vs/kegging I think you are right, some beers are better bottle conditioned. But I'm way too lazy to go back to bottling, except for some special brew.

Here in the states we compare our beer to making love in a canoe.

Both are fuking close to water!

 

[sleepspeaking]

I think you are right, some beers are better bottle conditioned

+1 some beers just aren't what they should be without it.

But I'm way too lazy to go back to bottling

+1 not having to store/clean/break/shuffle 48-96 vessels and only having to store/clean/shuffle 1-2 vessels.

I'm going to sound like an opinionated A-hole

+1 at least he calls em like he sees em.


What about the good ol' - allow kegs to naturally carbonate and apply as little CO2 as needed to push it from the keg.

Happy medium?

either way the only bottles I mess with anymore are filled from my kegs.