Thanks Denny.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:40:46 -0800, Denny Conn <me@privacy.net> wrote:
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>"Andy H. " wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> I'm new to brewing and have so far successfully made 3 different brews
>> from kits purchased at my local brew shop (5gal).
>>
>> The last 2 batches have been bottled according to the directions
>> supplied with the kits, but I'd like to control the carbonation better
>> so I purchased a corny keg and associated extras. My current batch
>> has been sitting in the secondary for ~3 wks now and is ready to be
>> bottled/kegged. Do I still use the priming sugar before putting it in
>> the keg, and wait for a wk or two before drinking, do I skip the
>> priming sugar, or should I have added the extra sugar during primary?
>> I imagine that adding the little bit of sugar during the bottling step
>> increases the alcohol concentration a bit, so I don't really want to
>> mess up the intended flavor by skipping it.
>>
>> What do you guys usually do when you're using a kit and know that
>> you'll be kegging at the end?[/color]
>
>Skip the sugar and just force carb ot with your CO2 tank. Priming suagr
>adds a virtually undetectable amount of alcohol and no taste, so you'll
>never miss it. The best advice and instructions about kegging I've seen
>is here...
>
>[url]http://www.bodensatz.com/staticpages/index.php?page=Soda-Kegs[/url]
>
>Some will try to tell you that priming the keg produces a better quality
>carbonation, but that's not true. CO2 is CO2, no matter what the
>source. It's the amount of time you give the CO2 to go into solution in
>the beer that makes the difference.
>
> ------------>Denny[/color]