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[Deerslyr]

My Berliner Weiss is coming close to final gravity.  Given that it is such a unique beer, would you bottle or keg it?  I haven't bottled in ages and don't really look forward to it.  Just curious what everyone thinks.

[HVB]

Keg for me.  If you want to bottle a few you can do that easy enough off the tap.  

[Big Nake]

Occasionally I'll have a beer that may not be a good candidate for a keg... raspberry ale, pumpkin beer, spiced Christmas beer, etc. I typically keg them anyway but when I'm sick of them or want to use the keg, I'll bottle them straight from the keg and put them in the fridge.

[Poptop]

Occasionally I'll have a beer that may not be a good candidate for a keg... raspberry ale, pumpkin beer, spiced Christmas beer, etc. I typically keg them anyway but when I'm sick of them or want to use the keg, I'll bottle them straight from the keg and put them in the fridge.

Yes. Bottling only sounds good when you're big or special beer is in it's process. Even when I say I'm going to bottle I end up kegging. And with Ken, bottle when you've had enough or if you want to save some for later.

[Steve Urquell]

I bottle leftovers from kegging and put 2.2 grams of sugar directly in a 12 oz or 3.5g in a bomber.

[Deerslyr]

Ok.  I think I've got enough info to go on!  Kegging it is.  

 

Steve, I'm intrigued about bottle priming from the keg.  Do you let it go mostly flat before priming a bottle?

[Steve Urquell]

Ok.  I think I've got enough info to go on!  Kegging it is.  

 

Steve, I'm intrigued about bottle priming from the keg.  Do you let it go mostly flat before priming a bottle?

Sorry, I didn't make that very helpful. Typing at lunch on my phone on a 20 minute lunch break.

 

I brew 7 gallon batches. When I keg it I bottle anything left over from that didn't fit in the keg and add those amounts to bottle carb.

 

Something I found out is that it needs to bottle condition at lager temps if it is a lager. Bottle carbed lagers taste crappy/estery when carbed at room temp.

[StankDelicious]

Beer gun FTW!

[Vagus]

Keg for me.  If you want to bottle a few you can do that easy enough off the tap.  

Came here for these words.  I do well enough to fill a growler from the keg, but recently i have a reason to create a few bottles of my porter (yes, i own him).  I know there's a special adapter that fills from the bottom, but i am curious about the pitfalls of filling from top down and capping immediately.  

 

Should I just hook the tap up to muh mouf and forget about ever leaving the house again?

[Steve Urquell]

Should I just hook the tap up to muh mouf and forget about ever leaving the house again?

PEG feeding would be the sensible option as well as preventing oxidization of the beer from it having to combine with O2 from pouring into the mouth and from swallowing. A PEG hose perfectly fits over the end of a picnic tap.

[Vagus]

PEG feeding would be the sensible option as well as preventing oxidization of the beer from it having to combine with O2 from pouring into the mouth and from swallowing. A PEG hose perfectly fits over the end of a picnic tap.

And ive got a ton of PEGs down in the basement. Im sure no one will mind of I borrow one for a minute

[Bklmt2000]

Brother Vagus, consider this:

 

https://www.homebrew...beer-gun.24678/

 

I made one for filling bottles/grolwers off the tap; if you switch out the stopper for bottle filling to a wider one for growlers, it works just as well either way.

[MakeMeHoppy]

Sorry, I didn't make that very helpful. Typing at lunch on my phone on a 20 minute lunch break.

 

I brew 7 gallon batches. When I keg it I bottle anything left over from that didn't fit in the keg and add those amounts to bottle carb.

 

Something I found out is that it needs to bottle condition at lager temps if it is a lager. Bottle carbed lagers taste crappy/estery when carbed at room temp.

I do similar with my 6 to 6-1/2 gallon batches. Except I use 1 or 2 liter soda bottles and carb cap them. I like to do this because it gives me an early idea of how the beer tastes instead of waiting for the keg to make its rotation to the serving fridge.

[Vagus]

Brother Vagus, consider this:

https://www.homebrew...beer-gun.24678/

I made one for filling bottles/grolwers off the tap; if you switch out the stopper for bottle filling to a wider one for growlers, it works just as well either way.

Rike! Ty

[Steve Urquell]

And ive got a ton of PEGs down in the basement. Im sure no one will mind of I borrow one for a minute

Cool. I'm assuming lightly used take-offs?

[BarelyBrews]

Beer gun FTW!

 

i like mine , but honestly only use it once a year. 

[Deerslyr]

Brother Vagus, consider this:

 

https://www.homebrew...beer-gun.24678/

 

I made one for filling bottles/grolwers off the tap; if you switch out the stopper for bottle filling to a wider one for growlers, it works just as well either way.

Totally forgot about that!  I've done that in the past.  

[StankDelicious]

https://www.blichman...roducts/beergun

i like mine , but honestly only use it once a year. 

I've been using it to fill growlers off of my keg.

[positiveContact]

https://www.blichman...roducts/beergun

I've been using it to fill growlers off of my keg.

 

I can't bring myself to get a beer gun out just to fill one thing.  I need to at least be doing like a 12 pack or something.

[HVB]

https://www.blichman...roducts/beergun

I've been using it to fill growlers off of my keg.

I have a beer gun but really just want this

 

https://canseamer.my...mk16-can-seamer