Bottling vs keg taste

[micblair]

I think drinking the beer when its ready probably makes more of a difference than natural vs. forced carb. With natural carbonation, its obvious when the beer is ready to drink.

 

[stux]

Definitely if you can leave a beer in a keg UNTAPPED for 2 weeks it improves dramatically. From 4 days old to 14 days old the difference is amazing. Its like the flavour bonds and smooths in that time.

I have NEVER waited 14 days... not once :chug: After 4 days once I know its carbed im into it. I have no self control at all.

I doubt I'll be waiting 14 days either, at least until I get a bit of a supply chain going. The bad thing about this is that it will take forever to get the supply up, but the good thing about that is that it means brewing more often, and I'm not complaining about that at all...

that's why I brew triple batches and have 5 keg spots for 4 taps.

5th keg is carbing up waiting for one of the others to blow

 

[Rocker1986]

I have 3 taps and 4 kegs currently but am probably gonna buy another couple of kegs - just in case they all blow dry close to each other at some point, I can have 3 ready to go straight in.

 

[Danscraftbeer]

Personally comparing bottle conditioned to kegging is that Kegging wins in a balance of pro's and cons. You can always bottle from the keg (Draught Beer). Excuse me throwing that basic thing. Make your own portable six pack without sediment. That is as impressive and clear as your tap beer. I only bottle ferment leftover brew if I overshoot in kegging volume. The comparisons of keg/bottle ferment are different that is for sure. Just makes it all more interesting. :chug:

 

[Rocker1986]

I'm actually looking forward to getting back to my 25 litre batches (few process changes I didn't even realise I'd made had mucked this up), so I can bottle the leftovers after kegging and then compare the two types on the exact same batch, rather than just the same recipe. Should definitely be interesting.

 

[heyhey]

I reckon bottling aerates more causing it to taste way less fresh than a kegged beer of similar age.

 

[Grott]

I love the "crispness" of kegged beer but you can't beat an age bottled stout.
Cheers