First timer...mini keg AND bottle from same bucket

[Preston Gaines]

Hey all,

First time brewer here. I am not on an island (thankfully!) as many of my co-workers brew.

I have my first extract kit in fermentation, and will be bottling next week. It is a 5 gallon brew. I picked some mini kegs up off FB marketplace for a steal, and since we are having a party around home brews, I figured I'd fill two of these, then bottle the rest.

What I have read, you need to prime the mini kegs less than bottles. Is there a good way to do both from the same batch? Any good resources you could point me to? I have tried searching for this topic but came up dry.

Thanks!

 

[Steveruch]

I do a lot batches between a Tap-a-draft and bottles. I batch prime about half of what I'd use for all bottles then add a carb tab or two to each bottle.

 

[CJ-3]

If you have the 5L mini keg this link will help a bit.
Basically transfer the wort to your botling bucket and then fill the kegs. Priming sugar added to the keg. You will then add your bottle priming sugar in whatever amount is appropriate to what is left in the bottling bucket.

https://www.homebrewing.org/Mini-Keg-with-Tap_p_2959.html