Bottling from keg when carbonation is incomplete.

[brick_haus]

I find my naturally keg carbonated Tripel not quite ready to meet the Contest deadline. I do however think it will be ready on judging day.
If I bottle up a couple from the keg and the beer is not quite carbed, will it finish in the bottle OK?
What do you think? Anyone done this before?

 

[jtfarabee]

Maybe, but it's risky. I would tilt and roll the keg as much as possible before bottling to make sure the sugar and yeast are well mixed, and hope that the right mix makes it into the bottle to continue carbonating. Keep in mind the bottle has more relative headspace than a keg, so the priming rates are different.

 

[Stillraining]

As long as your priming sugar was the same as you would have used for bottling then yes. I would be more worried about proper chill time forcing that carb into the beer once it arrived at the competition.

I use 3/4 cup regardless of kegged or bottled.