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ACTbrewer · Post by **ACTbrewer** » Saturday May 27, 2006 8:42 am

I was thinking about how many bottles you would need if you set up from scratch, to last a year. So, how much beer do you have in storage at any given time?
I think I have about 160 longnecks, but I am finding I need loads more now that I am (trying) to keep the beer a bit longer.

Wassa · Post by **Wassa** » Saturday May 27, 2006 9:25 am

My brew buddy and i have about 500.

This works out well, because he loves the brewing side, but pr4efers to drink wine and I love the brewing and consuming the end prdouct.

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Saturday May 27, 2006 9:41 am

Switch to kegs, drink more beer

I just bought two new kegs which takes me to four. Carboys are all full, kegs are full, can't brew this weekend

I don't drink enough

Dogger

ACTbrewer · Post by **ACTbrewer** » Saturday May 27, 2006 11:00 am

Dogger, do you bottle at all?

I like to have a large selection of beers to choose from, and I can't see how that's possible without bottling unless you have heaps of kegs.

How long can you keep it in the keg before you notice deterioration?

zook37 · Post by **zook37** » Saturday May 27, 2006 2:38 pm

i have around 1300 longnecks sitting empty in the brewshed, and about 250 full of home brew. Kegs are next on the agenda!!

shane_vor · Post by **shane_vor** » Saturday May 27, 2006 5:26 pm

I am forever hunting longies!
Kegs can be nice, but after doing that I prefer the bottles.

I'm running about 150 at the moment but none of the beers seem to be ageing for very long

I have a coulple more in the pipeline so next month maybe 300?

Missus is not happy though, thankfully she never enters the beer shed!

Iron-Haggis · Post by **Iron-Haggis** » Sunday May 28, 2006 12:49 am

I have about 100 bottles and that's from 6 months worth of brewing. I have about 30-35 empties, which should be enough to bottle my next batch of brew.

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Sunday May 28, 2006 6:02 am

I think that as a minimum you'd need three batches worth - one drinking, one maturing and or ready to go, one empty to be filled this weekend. That however leaves no margin for bad batches or ones that you want to put away for a while.

All up I have about 200 tallies and 12 doz 640's plus miscellaneous other bottles.

Cheers,
Greg

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Sunday May 28, 2006 10:18 pm

ACTbrewer wrote:Dogger, do you bottle at all?

I like to have a large selection of beers to choose from, and I can't see how that's possible without bottling unless you have heaps of kegs.

How long can you keep it in the keg before you notice deterioration?

5 kegs, 4 cold ready to go, capable of drinking from 3 at once with out changing gun. 1 ready to be chilled or refilled.

You can still have a variety to choose from with kegs you just need a bigger fridge and more taps.

If using 19L kegs you will also end up with a couple of bottles from each batch that you can age and drink later.

The other advantage is you do not have to wait months to see if something new is good or bad.

shane_vor · Post by **shane_vor** » Monday May 29, 2006 6:25 pm

Stumbled onto a council glass recycling site this arvo. Stuck my nose around for a bit and pulled out a couple of long necks. But just before leaving I spy a box beside the big bin, open that puppy up and see roll tops, lots of 'em!!!

That box leaps into the ute seemingly under it's own power. Get it home and count out 3 dozen old long necks! Little dusty but after I spent the afternoon washing (and smiling) my empty total is now brought up to 120!!!

I have a busy week of brewing ahead! Happy days! Free bottles!

OldEvan · Post by **OldEvan** » Tuesday May 30, 2006 10:31 pm

really depends on how often you plan to brew.

I am still in the novelty phase of brewing (brew number 5 is in the fermenter) and I have gone through ROUGHLY 200 stubbies for those 4 completed batches. Then again, I am brewing almost non stop so I can get a good stockpile lol

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Wednesday May 31, 2006 8:48 am

I'm a noob & got 60 PET bottles with my 2nd hand gear - figure another 60 will be needed in a short while

Aussie Claret · Post by **Aussie Claret** » Wednesday May 31, 2006 9:04 am

Ok Guys,
If you are in the Gold Coast or Brisbane region I have about 100, 750ml glass screw top XXXX longnecks all boxed cleaned and ready for filling and about 50 plastic Morgans long neck up for grabs.

If you want them make me an offer and email me. I bought them before I got into kegging and am happy to sell them to recoupe a bit of my outlay.

AC

Stangas · Post by **Stangas** » Wednesday Jun 21, 2006 4:48 pm

yeah.. i definately into the kegging scene.. i have 3 kegs byt only ever use 2.. one i use, the other being gassed and both in the fridge. When i empty one, the other is ready, i then refill the emptied one and put it on charge for the duration of the live keg. Which is usually about 2 weeks. This system is working quite well for me.

Only down fall as previously mentioned is the lack of variety until you finish the keg. but shite happens.

As for storage.. i have about 180L in 25L containers at any one time.. can have a max of 240L in my storage room. But i now sharing that room with my stilling equipment and stocks.. gotta have room for me whiskey, rum and vodka (2L flagons).

The system works well as most brews are only 20L anyway.

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