Hefeweizen .... Bottle or Keg?

[4KingAle]

I have a Hefeweizen ready to bottle or keg. As a relatively new homebrewer I'm wondering what would be the best option? What do you do with your hefeweizens bottle or keg?

 

[seamad]

Kegging will result in a crystal eventually, depends how fast you drink it. I find as I have a gas line with a liquid disconnect on it for force carbing that a quick squirt of CO2 down the liquid post stirs things up noice.

 

[jyo]

Personally, I find my hefeweizens retain more flavour and aroma in the keg when compared to the leftovers that I bottle. I would keg it and get stuck in.

 

[slcmorro]

Hefes are best drank fresh. It's for this reason, you should keg it.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Keg it, carb it and ready in 2days instead of 2weeks.

 

[Mr. No-Tip]

Bottle for sure. I find that like Belgians, the refermantaiton adds something special. I also find taps struggle with the level of carb a hef should have.

Also, if you pitched a healthy wlp300 or similar, it will be carbed in a few days at 20. You'll get little krausen rings in the bottle.

Why not keg 10l and bottle the rest to compare?

 

[MastersBrewery]

For me I found a good cold crash of 3 days or so then the bottle went really well( bottle rolled before consumption) . The keg wasn't crashed so for the first couple of days was quite bland and after a few weeks went crystal clear and lost some thing. I have gas on a liquid disconnect so I'll try that trick next time.

 

[spog]

Keg it,I was in Europe earlier this year and tried a few Heffe's from the bottle and keg,I can't explain it but the kegged brews were better.
Maybe the kegged beer I drank was fresher ( as sicmorro pointed out ) as the kegs may have a higher turnover compared to bottled.
The bottled beers I drank were poured into a glass but it still didn't quite match up.
Cheers.....spog....