Back to the bucket

[Gymrat]

Today I cleaned 3 empty kegs. That is just wrong. I have got to fill all three of those kegs up. Anything else would be blasphemy of the holy brewer. So today I picked up a new ale pail. I have a Red Ale fermenting in my conical. So while I am on vacation this week I am going to go ahead and brew a whiskey porter. Next weekend I will keg my red ale and the weekend after that I will brew a scotch ale. That way by the end of October I should have all 3 of those kegs full and 3 partially full kegs in my kegerator right now should be all the beer I need until spring when good brewing weather begins again.

[FedoraDave]

I hear ya. Today, just after I kegged a batch of Amber's Amber Ale, my keg of Rye-Guy IPA spewed its last. So I'm down to two kegs (and only one capable of being drawn). It'll be another three weeks before I can fill the third keg, and by then, I'll probably have another empty one.

[Gymrat]

I hear ya. Today, just after I kegged a batch of Amber's Amber Ale, my keg of Rye-Guy IPA spewed its last. So I'm down to two kegs (and only one capable of being drawn). It'll be another three weeks before I can fill the third keg, and by then, I'll probably have another empty one.

A brewer's work is never done.

[ScrewyBrewer]

My kegs are all empty now but I have 10 gallons of California Common Beer ready to be kegged next weekend. Until then there will be no homebrew to drink.

[The_Professor]

...Until then there will be no homebrew to drink.

Whatever you do, do NOT sit on a street corner with an "I Need Beer" sign!
If you're lucky they just throw empty cans at you. Anyone that bothers to stop punches you in the face.
I don't know what the world is coming to, it seems reasonable to me.
Take my advice and just pick up a 40 of Olde English.

[Kealia]

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one that this happens to. With some recent brewing I was able to fill 2 kegs so I have two carbing with the other two sitting empty. I hope to fill a 3rd soon with the RCE brew (TBD).

[Brewbirds]

...Until then there will be no homebrew to drink.

Whatever you do, do NOT sit on a street corner with an "I Need Beer" sign!
If you're lucky they just throw empty cans at you. Anyone that bothers to stop punches you in the face.
I don't know what the world is coming to, it seems reasonable to me.
Take my advice and just pick up a 40 of Olde English.

FIRST: ^^^^^

Second: I'm trying to figure out if this is a pipeline problem or a kegging problem. If you can't see what is in the kegs you don't know when to start a new batch?

It seems like you are agreeing that having available fermenters is problematic because they are all full and you run out of ready beer; but you are all also keggers?

[MrBandGuy]

Hefe. Bitter. Mild.

All 2 week turn around beers. Done!

[Kealia]

Second: I'm trying to figure out if this is a pipeline problem or a kegging problem. If you can't see what is in the kegs you don't know when to start a new batch?

It seems like you are agreeing that having available fermenters is problematic because they are all full and you run out of ready beer; but you are all also keggers?

Yep, I keg but the problem with me isn't the lack of ability to see into the kegs for planning purposes. It's been just a lack of time to brew in general.

[brewnewb]

I failed (again) at proper keg planning.

3 taps and 6 kegs in my house. Four 2.5 gallon kegs are bone dry. One of my 5 gal has an Amber Ale that tastes bad and should be dumped. The other 5 gal just got kegged last night. I have 2.5 gal of cider ready to keg this weekend.

The only saving grace is that on 3 of my last 4 batches, I've been kegging half a batch in the 2.5s and bottling the rest. I do have a decent supply of bottled homebrew in the fridge to hold me over.

I need a better setup. 3 kegs should always be on tap and I should have an extra fridge with the other 3 on CO2 held in reserve, constantly rotating as needed.

Hopefully, Santa Claus is reading this thread and will solve this issue in a few months.