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Bottling a Kegged IPA. How to do it corectly?

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clblittle

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So I put a 5gal batch of IPA on tap. Its a mighty strong one coming in about 8%. I discovered one unsuspecting work night (morning really) that I don't need something that strong on tap around here and now would rather have it bottled...

I know that I cant just go straight from the keg to the bottle. I also dont think that priming it as I normally do would result that well either since it is force carb'd. Is this something that I should let warm, add half the normal priming sugar and carry on as if it were a normal bottle batch? Less priming than that? None? Its good stuff and I dont want to ruin it. Please let me know what you all would do.

Thanks in advance!
 
Personally I'd leave it. I have a keg of a beer that I don't drink often but it isn't hurting it to sit there.
 
This is my biggest fear with kegging, that I'll keg a batch that I don't want to drink on a regular basis. I guess the answer is to have more than one keg!
 
Bowie Bottler (Perlick only). I've bottled straight from the tap (shhhhh)- just lower to about 6 psi, drink the first bit, then pour down the side of your bottle. No one has ever known ;)
 
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