The only real downside to kegging is the upfront cost. IMO, even if you don't drink "a lot of beer", a one keg setup is worth it to me. For me, that first pint I pulled from my first keg of beer was as exciting as popping the top of the very first bottle of beer I made.
I still bottle, but I don't bottle condition anymore. If it's going to be bottles, I'll force carb it in a keg and bottle from that. I just bottle from the keg when I want to move batches around. Bottling is time consuming, but it is also one of the best times for me to relax. If I have a couple of hours to pass, I'll fire up the stereo and crank out a couple of cases before I know it.
I enjoy bottling, but boiling up water to mix up priming sugar, racking to my bottling bucket, waiting 2-3 weeks for conditioning, blah, blah, blah, etc, I don't miss that at all.
I still bottle, but I don't bottle condition anymore. If it's going to be bottles, I'll force carb it in a keg and bottle from that. I just bottle from the keg when I want to move batches around. Bottling is time consuming, but it is also one of the best times for me to relax. If I have a couple of hours to pass, I'll fire up the stereo and crank out a couple of cases before I know it.
I enjoy bottling, but boiling up water to mix up priming sugar, racking to my bottling bucket, waiting 2-3 weeks for conditioning, blah, blah, blah, etc, I don't miss that at all.
