Bottle or king keg?

[Dicko]

Hi all
I'm about to make my first wherry and was wondering what the thought was on keg or bottle.:drink:

Advice please.:

 

[TheSalad]

Bottle is a faff, can be messy and time consuming but by heck it's a pretty sight when they're all laid out with their new caps on em.

 

[Dicko]

Bottle is a faff, can be messy and time consuming but by heck it's a pretty sight when they're all laid out with their new caps on em.

Quality.:-D
Have you tried both bottle and keg? Reason I'm asking is I made a smugglers ale and kegged it, the taste is bang on but, I was disappointed in the carbination.

 

[Griff097]

Quality.:-D
Have you tried both bottle and keg? Reason I'm asking is I made a smugglers ale and kegged it, the taste is bang on but, I was disappointed in the carbination.

Could that be down to priming levels?

 

[Dicko]

Could that be down to priming levels?

Hi griff.
Possibly. It was the first time I'd used the keg and I put 80g in, does that sound insufficient?

 

[Honk]

80g is fine for me but I don't like a high level of carbonation, it sounds like you do so bottles may be better. I mainly keg but bottle a few. The bottles tend to get left alone as I much prefer kegged beer. (I've got a few left to long) Having said that next brew will be a kolsch or American IPA and will get bottled as style should be more carbonated.

 

[Dicko]

80g is fine for me but I don't like a high level of carbonation, it sounds like you do so bottles may be better. I mainly keg but bottle a few. The bottles tend to get left alone as I much prefer kegged beer. (I've got a few left to long) Having said that next brew will be a kolsch or American IPA and will get bottled as style should be more carbonated.

Hi honk.
Like I said its the first time I've tried the keg so was unsure of the priming quantity, (Maybe i need more for my liking). The ale itself is real tasty and I'll definitely do it again but, next time I'll bottle it.:

 

[mmaguy41]

I prefer to bottle because it slows down my drinking and it’s easier to chuck a bottle in the fridge if I fancy a cold one

 

[Dicko]

I prefer to bottle because it slows down my drinking and it’s easier to chuck a bottle in the fridge if I fancy a cold one

+1 on that.:thumb:
It's to easy to have a quick sniffter when it's kegged. Like every time you walk passed it!:drink:

 

[JapanBrew]

Quality.:-D
Have you tried both bottle and keg? Reason I'm asking is I made a smugglers ale and kegged it, the taste is bang on but, I was disappointed in the carbination.

I used to bottle but now keg. But I only have corny and sanke kegs so don’t know too much about those king kegs. From what I can see is that the cap might have a way to add gas? If that’s the case then you can keep the gas on it at 20 psi for a day and that’ fix that. My rule is 5 grams per liter but I’ve heard that kegging you want to back off a bit so you’re probably on target. The gas issue might be a small leak at the upper pressure level. So under low pressure, the seals are fine but after going up a bit, the seals give out.

 

[Dicko]

I used to bottle but now keg. But I only have corny and sanke kegs so don’t know too much about those king kegs. From what I can see is that the cap might have a way to add gas? If that’s the case then you can keep the gas on it at 20 psi for a day and that’ fix that. My rule is 5 grams per liter but I’ve heard that kegging you want to back off a bit so you’re probably on target. The gas issue might be a small leak at the upper pressure level. So under low pressure, the seals are fine but after going up a bit, the seals give out.

Thanks Japan brew.
I don't think there's any leaks as there's plenty of pressure, (1 inch of beer and 4 inches of head). So at the moment I haven't needed to add any pressure but I can try adding a little and see if it makes any difference.