BrewMehr
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I bought a new freezer and made a keezer a couple months ago. It tightly holds 4 5 gallon kegs and I thought this would be plenty for me.
I'm pretty much the only one to drink the beer I brew. I work a lot and between work and family I don't really do the friend scene like when I was younger. I brew 5-10 gallon batches and typically brew once or twice a month. When I was younger, my friends would easily drink all this beer for me but now there is no way I can drink that much.
But on the other hand, I really love variety and I could easily see having 4 more taps for a total of 8 varieties always ready to go. Buying and building a new keezer seems like a shame since I just bought/built this one. But now in hindsight I realize my keezer should be big enough for at least 8 tapped kegs, a couple untapped kegs and a cold crashing fermenter. This means I should have picked up a freezer 3x the size.
One thought I've had is to bottle the last 1/2 of each keg when I'm ready to get something new into the rotation. Perhaps this would allow me to get by with only 4 taps.
If I did actually have 8 varieties on tap, I would likely be swapping out one keg per month (based on my consumption) meaning kegs would stay tapped for up to 8 months.
Brewing smaller batches doesn't really seem like an option as my setup is 15 gallons and I really like brewing 5-10 gallon batches. Sometimes I actually think I enjoy the brewing more than the drinking -- I could easily brew every other day if I could actually drink that much.
What do other solo drinkers who love variety do? I've never kept a keg tapped for 8 months, would this be a problem with any varieties?
I'm pretty much the only one to drink the beer I brew. I work a lot and between work and family I don't really do the friend scene like when I was younger. I brew 5-10 gallon batches and typically brew once or twice a month. When I was younger, my friends would easily drink all this beer for me but now there is no way I can drink that much.
But on the other hand, I really love variety and I could easily see having 4 more taps for a total of 8 varieties always ready to go. Buying and building a new keezer seems like a shame since I just bought/built this one. But now in hindsight I realize my keezer should be big enough for at least 8 tapped kegs, a couple untapped kegs and a cold crashing fermenter. This means I should have picked up a freezer 3x the size.
One thought I've had is to bottle the last 1/2 of each keg when I'm ready to get something new into the rotation. Perhaps this would allow me to get by with only 4 taps.
If I did actually have 8 varieties on tap, I would likely be swapping out one keg per month (based on my consumption) meaning kegs would stay tapped for up to 8 months.
Brewing smaller batches doesn't really seem like an option as my setup is 15 gallons and I really like brewing 5-10 gallon batches. Sometimes I actually think I enjoy the brewing more than the drinking -- I could easily brew every other day if I could actually drink that much.
What do other solo drinkers who love variety do? I've never kept a keg tapped for 8 months, would this be a problem with any varieties?