No more bottling

Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:23 pm

Just wanted to let everyone know I just kegged up my first 5 gal of homebrew. What a fantastic feeling :jnj Here is to no more bottling!
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Re: No more bottling

Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:33 pm

Congrts! How many you got?
Going with the picnic faucets for now?
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Re: No more bottling

Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:04 pm

You will never look back. It only took 4 batches back in college, for me to make the move to kegging. Only bottle for comps now, and the beer club.
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Re: No more bottling

Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:27 pm

Kegorator has 2 taps and I have 4 kegs. Wish I could have gone with a chest freezer setup but this will work just fine for right now.
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Re: No more bottling

Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:09 am

ImageCongrats.

I just realized Im a packaging freak, but ill save that for another time.
:arrow: Suggestions

Dont forget to cut an inch off your dip tube. You will leave about 16oz in the bottom of each keg, but pour that in a glass and on the 1st keg and you wont want to drink it. Especially if its been in the fridge a week or more.

Always at least rinse out your kegs when they are empty.
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Re: No more bottling

Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:05 am

Awsome move! Transfering, packaging and serving on C02 make all the difference. When AJ said O2 is a "bad boy" he was'nt kidding. I can't believe how much my beer has improved doing this. :jnj
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Re: No more bottling

Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:17 am

Congrats! :jnj

I moved to kegging quicker than I expected that I would because I got sick of bottling quicker than expected. It was definitely a good move, for more reasons than I realized.
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Re: No more bottling

Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:27 pm

Right on! Bottling sucks! :bnarmy:
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