Welp, looks like I'm on to kegging.

[waldoar15]

I'm sitting here looking at 25 gallons of beer that I'll have to do something with soon. (besides what I already have bottled).

Picked up a nice, small, used Danby pony kegerator which will hold two corny kegs. Cleaned it all up, replaced the beer line and filled the CO2 tank. It's running and I'm playing with getting the temp to stabilize @38*.

I'm not exactly thrilled with the whole idea, but I don't want to store that much more beer in bottles either.

Wish me luck.

 

[JesseRC]

wut do you mean "not exactly thrilled with the whole idea"? you might be the first to ever say that about kegging.

 

[Runyanka]

You could use natural carbonation inside of the other kegs that aren't hooked up to the gas as well. That way they will be carbed and conditioned, just hook up to CO2 at serving PSI and your ready to go.

 

[sjlammer]

Dude! Kegging rocks.... I can't stand bottling. I think you will be pleased with kegging once you realize you didnt have to clean, fill and cap 100 bottles (for 10 gallons)

 

[Shooter]

I've only kegged one beer so far, the second batch is going in next week. I naturally carbed this first one and it's sitting in the other room carbing and conditioning. It was a lot easier than bottling!

 

[david_42]

Granted, kegging is a bit pricey up front, CO2 leaks can drive you crazy and it's easy to over-indulge, but other than that, what's the problem?

 

[Scut_Monkey]

Granted, kegging is a bit pricey up front, CO2 leaks can drive you crazy and it's easy to over-indulge, but other than that, what's the problem?

It is a bit pricey up front. I've bought most everything off of Craigslist and this has really helped me save some cash. All I need now is a chest freezer that's about 15cubic feet and various items like tubing, gas manifold, etc.

 

[MBasile]

It is a bit pricey up front. I've bought most everything off of Craigslist and this has really helped me save some cash. All I need now is a chest freezer that's about 15cubic feet and various items like tubing, gas manifold, etc.

CL is great, I got 5 kegs and a 20# CO2 tank for $70

The rest of the set up will come when I have money. I'm really looking forward to not having to bottle. You can still fill bottles from the keg anyways if, for some reason, you want to take your beer somewhere to share with people.

 

[thirdedition]

I'm glad I started kegging, bottles are annoying and expensive. One case of new bottles is about $14 at my LHBS. I found a startup company selling pinlock cornies for $16, add on $2.50 for a new o-ring set and it still comes out cheaper then two cases of bottles.

 

[Slipgate]

I've bottled one batch of beer since moving to kegging and that was for a friend whom I helped brew it. And I almost had him convinced to keg that batch!

 

[Scut_Monkey]

Yeah having all these stupid bottles sitting around, looking ugly and always needed cleaned is the main driving force for me to starte kegging. The second driving force for me is the fact that I can do closed transfers and the beer will not ever have oxygen exposure. I'm not really interested in the "wow" factor of having my own beer kegged and poured from a tap. I simply want to get rid of all these crappy bottles out of my site.

 

[GLWIII]

I'm glad I started kegging, bottles are annoying and expensive. One case of new bottles is about $14 at my LHBS. I found a startup company selling pinlock cornies for $16, add on $2.50 for a new o-ring set and it still comes out cheaper then two cases of bottles.

Given your location I believe I just purchased some kegs and other items from the very store you mention.