I'm brewing my first batch right now, a brown ale. Last weekend I transferred it to the secondary fermenter (a glass carboy) from the first fermenter (a plastic bucket). I've mostly been using this website as a guide
http://www.brewsupply.com/HowTo/firstbatch.html
The website recommends that right before bottling, I ought to rack the beer back into the sanitized plastic bucket before adding the priming sugar. This seems to me to be unnecessary. Is there a good reason I shouldn't just add the priming sugar to the beer in the secondary fermenter, mix it up a bit and then bottle?
Thanks in advance!
http://www.brewsupply.com/HowTo/firstbatch.html
The website recommends that right before bottling, I ought to rack the beer back into the sanitized plastic bucket before adding the priming sugar. This seems to me to be unnecessary. Is there a good reason I shouldn't just add the priming sugar to the beer in the secondary fermenter, mix it up a bit and then bottle?
Thanks in advance!