Bottling plan.

Ster said:

Is this a sound plan? Going to try to use a couple of 5L mini kegs. So I am going to fill 2 mini kegs and use 1tbsp of priming sugar in each. Will put the 1tbsp of dissolved sugar in when the minikeg is half full. Then I will add 1/2 cup of dissolved priming sugur to the bottling bucket and bottle the remainder of the 5 gallon brew.

I don't want to undercarb the bottles, or over carb the minikegs. Midwest recommends the 1tbsp sugar on their web site for minikegs.

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Ster said:

Going to try to use a couple of 5L mini kegs. So I am going to fill 2 mini kegs and use 1tbsp of priming sugar in each. Then I will add 1/2 cup of dissolved priming sugar to the bottling bucket and bottle the remainder of the 5 gallon brew.

I don't want to undercarb the bottles, or over carb the minikegs.

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KeyWestBrewing said:

Not sure on the mini kegs. For the bottles use 4oz of sugar boiled in 2 cups of water.

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Coastie said:

I prefer to keep it simple. I mix enough priming sugar for the whole batch in a bottling bucket. I then rack into my 2.5 gallon keg and bottle the rest. I've never had a problem.

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Ster said:

Problem is, from what I have read, if you use priming sugar for bottles, and keg that beer, it will generate way too much pressure and possibly explode. You are to use MUCH less sugar when kegging.

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