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Author Topic: 1/4 keg left, can I bottle remaining beer with corn sugar add?  (Read 729 times)

Offline KCguy

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Title says it all I need room in the kegerator I’m kind of tired of that beer anyway so I thought I would throw it in bottles with an appropriate amount of corn sugar added because I’ve heard you can depend on the carbonation already in the beer that’s in the keg to stick around for some reason or am I remembering that wrong? I just don’t wanna end up with bottle bombs
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Offline Richard

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Re: 1/4 keg left, can I bottle remaining beer with corn sugar add?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2022, 04:14:06 pm »
If you are bottling a fully carbonated beer from a keg the appropriate amount of corn sugar to add is zero. Just lower the pressure in the keg and use a long draft line to avoid foaming when you fill the bottles. It also helps to chill the bottles first. You will lose a bit of carbonation, but if you do it right it won't be a lot.
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Offline brewthru

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Re: 1/4 keg left, can I bottle remaining beer with corn sugar add?
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2022, 07:32:33 pm »
+1 to what Richard wrote.

Offline KCguy

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Re: 1/4 keg left, can I bottle remaining beer with corn sugar add?
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2022, 01:17:59 pm »
OK, thanks guys!
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