what shoudl I do with my Belgian Dubble?

[Crut]

Cruts Dubble Bubble Belgian is pretty much ready to do something with. But what, besides bottle and ship to all you freeloaders for disposal , but maybe ill do a few for you guys too.
so heres my ?, Its my own recipe, started with a 1.064 OG, now down to 1.015 with WLP 530 yeast. Brewed about a month ago, krausen fell couple days ago. So what do I do with it, bottle, keg? I have a case of chamagne bottles and plastic stopers, and some real corks, but not champagne corks. Whats the best approach for this. Im thinking half keg, half bottle?
come on y'all, help a brudda out
-Crut

[Mylo]

If you care to be true to style, you should probably bottle the whole thing so you can bottle condition. I personally hate preparing all those bottles, so I would probably keg the whole thing. I have a CPF so I can always bottle up a couple for comps and friends.


Mylo

[SunkenBier]

Keg it, drink it and brew some more.

Rinse and repeat.

[Crut]

so im still questioning myself here. Since im in the Cherry capitol of the world region, i was thinking of bottling 2 gallons as it is right now, then rack the other three gallons onto some dried sweet cherries (local of course). Then bottle that in a couple weeks.

also, what is the difference in wine corks and belgian corks? I may have to throw a order into B3 for some supplies. Maybe some cool bottles too if my champagne bottles dont cut it.

AS much as i'd like to have it on tap, it seems like bottling would be a better option for myself and the beer. SO say I do bottle, how long should I wait, couple weeks? couple months? 6 months? THis is my first belgian so im kinda excited and dont wanna ruin it by improper bottling style and practices. Regular brews, i say just throw em on tap, but this is kinda of a special brew.
-Crut

[bub]

I could be full of shit... and probably am... but here is my take on wine vs "belgian" corks
Wine = strait sides... ummm like a wine cork
Belgian = tapered sides... somewhat like a champaigne cork.
the taper helps during "presurized bottling"
whew drunk so if anyone else who posts sounds kina correct they probably are.
BUB

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Anyone ever try sterilize and reuse Belgian corks?

[Mylo]

I don't know how you would. I have heard that some fancy corking rigs have an "iris" that pre-compresses the cork. I've never seen one personally. I mentioned the desire to do a cork and cage treatment on my Belgians to my LHBS guy and he said I was the first one, in his 15 years of owning that store to ask that....!


Mylo

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I don't know how you would.
Mylo

I can usually push the cork back in pretty easily, and the cages are easy enough to re-twist back on. The seal probably won't be great and I'm not sure it soaking in Star San will sterilize. Just curious if anyone's tried it.