Schultzey24
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This question has been asked before but i couldn't find a specific answer to my idea. The kits that i use from my local brew store include the priming sugar to bottle a 5 gallon batch. Since i told the brew store i would be force carbing with my keg, they suggested that i just add the priming sugar at the very end of my boil, resulting in a higher ABV and not having to waste the sugar, or have a bunch of bags that i never will use. I have brewed batches with and without the priming sugar being added and have not noticed any off flavors but higher ABV in the beers with the sugar.
The batch i have in secondary right now does not have the priming sugar in it. I plan to put it in my bottling bucket add the priming sugar per the instructions, bottle one case and put the rest into my keg and force carb that.
My two concerns are will the keg have enough head space for the priming sugar to add more carbonation to an already carbed beer via the priming sugar? Will it even add more carbonation since the solution is already saturated? I like heavily carbed beers so this isn't a big deal as long as my keg doesn't explode, which i highly doubt.
I will assume the bottled beer will taste great because it will have been finished according to the directions, what about the kegged beer? Since the priming sugar has not been processed by the yeast is it going to taste sweeter or develop an off flavor?
The batch i have in secondary right now does not have the priming sugar in it. I plan to put it in my bottling bucket add the priming sugar per the instructions, bottle one case and put the rest into my keg and force carb that.
My two concerns are will the keg have enough head space for the priming sugar to add more carbonation to an already carbed beer via the priming sugar? Will it even add more carbonation since the solution is already saturated? I like heavily carbed beers so this isn't a big deal as long as my keg doesn't explode, which i highly doubt.
I will assume the bottled beer will taste great because it will have been finished according to the directions, what about the kegged beer? Since the priming sugar has not been processed by the yeast is it going to taste sweeter or develop an off flavor?