to bottle or keg?

[jim_reaper1066]

So I am currently in the process of building my keezer, which I suspect will not be finished until the end of October/ mid November. However I have several batches of beer that will be ready for bottling in the coming weeks. Since I have already bought my kegs, should I keg the beer and carb up with sugar, or bite the bullet and bottle them. This will be my first foray into kegging so I am a little unsure if I should try to naturally carb up a keg.

 

[TomSD]

If you already have the freezer and thermostat you can keg and just use picnic taps until you finish your keezer. I ended up doing that and had no problem with it though it did motivate me to get the keezer done, lol.

If you can't chill it I wouldn't bother though unless you are just doing it to condition your beer. You can use the kegs as secondaries to store the beer. Just pressurize them and let them age.

 

[jwible204]

i'd keg w/ 3 oz and let them carb up naturally. then as soon as the keezer is done you can chill and drink. this surely will motivate you to get the keezer done.

 

[devilishprune]

I would say to seal them with CO2 before priming, just to make sure that the CO2 being produced inside won't leak out.

 

[david_the_greek]

Force carb one if possible (the one that is best young) and prime (or force carb I guess...) the others. Drink the one with a picnic while the others have time to get more delicious!