When I bottled I dreamed of kegging, and once I started kegging I would find myself frustrated at needing to finish a keg to make room for the next batch - 3 half empty kegs gets me nowhere, but if I have 3 half drank batches of beers, then I have 3 cases of empty bottles, enough to bottle another batch.
Oh how I longed to be able to improve my utilization, I looked into the 1 gallon mini-kegs (now easily available thanks to Heineken).
Now, I'm bottling again, and I have the same trouble - I don't have room. At least with bottles I can rotate what I'm drinking to make space (and even drink commercial beer, a bottle is a bottle). Of course, drinking to make room to store beer sounds like a vicious cycle.
But my cider needs bottles and I will just have to rise to the challenge!
