How many keg?

[DrunkleJon]

I added a spigot near the bottom of my fermenting buckets with 2ft of 1/4" hose and a black ball lock at the end. If I sanitize my kegs along with the fermenters on brewing day then when it comes time to rack the beers I just swish the ball lock in a little boiling water, attach the ball lock to the keg and watch the goodness flow. Does it get any easier? Maybe, if you get someone else to do it for you.

I still bottle a few sixers direct from the keg (for gifts or to age), but for short trips growlers work just as well.

That is a brilliant idea. Now if I fermented in bottling buckets I would seriously consider that.

 

[morebeerpls]

Also don't forget that its much harder to keep track of how much you are drinking with kegs . Much less worry about impressions of over drinking because you left a bunch of bottles everywhere the next morning! and other psychological benefits like; hey I have a keg at home and taps in my living room!
I stand by that you cannot beat kegging.

Takes me about 3 hours including cleaning the multipupose work area (bathtub). In 3 hours clean 2 kegs and a few bottles, drain the fermented carboys into the kegs, boil two batches simultaneously, fill back up the two carboys (f buckets amirite!!!), and the whole process is reset. I do kits though, so no mashing or waiting to steep grains.

All said and done, generally 3-4 hours, every 3 -5 weeks. Ideally two kegs on tap of different varieties or experimentations.

 

[lumpher]

fill back up the two carboys (f buckets amirite!!!),

no. i use buckets, and have had the same buckets for at least the last 4 years. still clean, 1/4 the price of carboys, much lighter, have handles built in, i never got cut on buckets...

 

[kenais]

I'm drinking one out of a keg right now. Just refilled.

I actually quit homebrewing for many years because I hated bottling. After I moved into my own house I purchased some kegs and have been actively brewing since. Now I'm brewing 10 gallon batches and building a larger keezer to hold all of my kegs. The only time I bottle is straight out of the keg into a plastic bottle to take on the river.

 

[Flykilbosa]

How many of you actually keg your beer? With me being the only or primary drinker I'd love to keg it but I just don't think it's worth it. Or much more room in my apartment. Lol

For you all that do keg how much nicer is it than bottling?

Kegging is unbelievably better than bottling in my opinion. You only have to clean/sanitize 1...not 50! It's way quicker and the beer is cleaner. I built a keezer with 3 taps and there's nothing better than pulling a pint from the keezer. My kegging "day" only takes 20 minutes vs my old bottling "day" that was a 2 hour process at a minimum. I got bored one day and built the keezer...totally worth it!

Cheers!

 

[DirtyOldDuck]

I love kegging and it is my preference, but I also bottle. There is just something about having a good homebrew on tap that gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. Right now I can only have two kegs on tap at the same time and a couple in reserve. I keg the beers that I drink all of the time - IPAs, Blondes, ESBs, etc. Others that I like, but don't want to drink everyday, imperial stouts, porters, specialty beers, I bottle. It works for me. At some point I want to be able to have 4 - 6 on tap, but will still bottle some. And as others said, it is very easy to bottle or fill growlers from your keg if you want to take some with you.