lager bottling

[StarletteLD]

I have an extract Maibock that is finished fermenting and has been lagering for 8 weeks. I took my final gravity reading yesterday and it is ready to bottle. The question I have is that the beer in the hydrometer already had the charecteristics of carbonation and tasted carbonated as well. Do I need to use priming sugars to bottle or can I go without them since it looks and tastes carbonated already?

 

[duboman]

If the gravity has remained in changed it means there is no more fermentable sugar in the beer so yes you need priming sugar to properly carbonate

 

[Yooper]

It seems carbonated because cold liquids hold onto co2 better than warm liquids do. But it still needs to be primed and bottled.