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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Kegging is fun but adds cost quickly - and gives you a lot more junk to sit around cluttering up your basement when it's not in use. It's very convenient if hosting (or bringing beer) to a party but not so much if you're giving out samples to people from work or whatever (I've brought in bottles and just handed them out - a lot easier for people to take home and try - plus I get to design cool / funky / fun labels that way or paint the bottles as I like to do - they make great gifts).
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My kegs are rarely not in use. If they are, I'm grumpy
As for giving your beers to others, I bottle from my keg using Grolsch flip top bottles and growlers. I have bottled off my keg capping too but rarely. The best is to buy one of the portable small co2 rigs and a party tap and just bring the entire keg with you!
I just finished brewing a coconut caramel brown ale this evening. In 3 weeks I'll be drinking that one. I use the keg as the secondary. For clarity, I add gelatin but I brew a lot of dark beers so I don't worry about clarity so much. When I do my summer Kolsch and Honey Blonde I will use gelatin but that's just for looks.