BarleyWine - Use Bottle Filler or Traditional Fill?

[yournotpeter]

I've got a barley wine that's been sitting in secondary for 9 months and is ready to be bottled. I have a Blichmann beer gun that I use for bottling from my kegs. My question - is there any advantage/disadvantage for bottling the barley wine using the beer gun (rack to keg....force carb....then bottle) vs. traditional bottle filling (need to buy a neutral yeast strain and corn sugar for priming)?

 

[bknifefight]

If you are forcing carbing in the keg before bottling, that would be considered an advantage. Some times BWs can have a hard time priming, even with the addition of yeast.

 

[yournotpeter]

If you are forcing carbing in the keg before bottling, that would be considered an advantage. Some times BWs can have a hard time priming, even with the addition of yeast.

That's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for...thanks.

 

[bknifefight]

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