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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 228927" data-attributes="member: 4923">Bottling is not fun, but not horribly bad either. More work though and more uncluttered work space is needed. Wash,sanitize bottles, let them drip on the rack, line them up, fill and cap. It goes best with a helper. Fill the bottle and hand it off to your buddy to cap immediately. By yourself, you end up with many open bottles lined up just waiting for you to make one wrong move with your hose and knock half of them down.I only keg lately. It suits my drinking style better. I am a light weight as far as drinking. A 6oz glass before dinner is plenty for me to whet my appetite. For me, the only downside to kegging is if you like to give some away. I can fill a growler or even fill some bottles from the keg and cap them, but they should be used the same day.I picked up some 3 gallon corny kegs and I make 2.5 gallon batches rather than the usual 5 gallon. No kegerator for me, I just keep the kegs in the bottom half of the spare fridge and open the door and use the party tap hoses hanging in there.My tastes head more towards the dark and less bitter, more malty, like mild stouts and brown ales.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 228927, member: 4923"] Bottling is not fun, but not horribly bad either. More work though and more uncluttered work space is needed. Wash,sanitize bottles, let them drip on the rack, line them up, fill and cap. It goes best with a helper. Fill the bottle and hand it off to your buddy to cap immediately. By yourself, you end up with many open bottles lined up just waiting for you to make one wrong move with your hose and knock half of them down. I only keg lately. It suits my drinking style better. I am a light weight as far as drinking. A 6oz glass before dinner is plenty for me to whet my appetite. For me, the only downside to kegging is if you like to give some away. I can fill a growler or even fill some bottles from the keg and cap them, but they should be used the same day. I picked up some 3 gallon corny kegs and I make 2.5 gallon batches rather than the usual 5 gallon. No kegerator for me, I just keep the kegs in the bottom half of the spare fridge and open the door and use the party tap hoses hanging in there. My tastes head more towards the dark and less bitter, more malty, like mild stouts and brown ales. [/QUOTE]

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