To keg or bottle?

[SteviePete]

I've got a batch that's ready to bottle now, but I'm wondering if I should keg or bottle. I've always just bottled my beer, but this time I'm thinking about getting a keg kit(corny keg, co2 bottle, regulator, hoses, etc).
I haven't brewed in several years, so I recently had to buy all my equipment all over again. ...old equipment was damaged/broken in a flood.
I'm trying to weigh the options of spending the initial money for a keg kit(about $225 local pick up) or just sticking with bottling. If bottling, I've got to buy about twenty 32ounce bottles for the batch, plus capper, caps etc...it comes to about $150 bucks.

 

[OG2620]

Keg. That is if you can handle "fussing with compressed gas and all that" as some people put it.

 

[hercher]

I really prefer kegging. I get my beer faster because I force carbonate. But I'll admit one of the advantages of bottling is that the beer is more portable. But there is something about draft beer, to me.

 

[SledgeH]

Seriously!? You're going to get a load of strong opinions for both sides, with no clear cut winner. Kegging is more costly up front, but is easier in the long run, however is less portable. Bottling takes more of a time devotion, is cheaper, more portable, but can be a pain. For a big beer I'd bottle so you can see how it ages. If you don't care about price keg most of it and bottle some of it. but it entirely depends on disposable income and what your needs are. The pros cons list is not even scratching the surface... Kegs carb up faster and allow you to have any size glass you want, but the set up usually requires SWMBO approval, while bottling doesn't... On and on and on.

 

[frod1963]

Once you keg you will look back at this as a silly question. You can quickly growler fill or bottle off of a tap so just pull the trigger and enjoy! Your welcome.

 

[lobotion]

Kegging