I love this site, first question and cannot wait for the education!
Having got a few kits under my belt I have moved onto my first all-grain, a summer lightening which smells fantastic;
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Cheers for the great recipe
Having just shelled out for the all grain equipment I am still bottling beer (cannot wait for a corni) and need a word of advice on 2 points.
1. Does it matter which kind of sugar I prime the bottles with? I have consistently had a home brew twang, but put this down to kits. Would priming with DME provoke a noticeably worthwhile improvement?
2. I generally condition bottles for 3-5 days in the house then move to the shed for a couple of months. I live in the north east and its 2 degrees outside, should I be leaving the beer indoors for longer? It is warmer during the day, though I cover the beer to avoid sunlight so it hits a peak of 16 degrees at present.
Priming in winter
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prodigal2
Re: Priming in winter
Firstly I would like to welcome you to the AG fold. 
With priming, most seem to use just normal table sugar, I use for dark beers Demerra sugar. Some use Golden syrup. None will give you that Twang(which is behind you, now you have gone AG
)
Now conditioning is dependant upon the strength and type of beer you have produced. If you condition your bottles if possible where you fermented for 5 days(or stick them in a warm place for a couple of days) and with your summer lightning leave somewhere cool for about 3 weeks and then drink. And yes you want to keep you beer out of the sunlight(or any UV source), as this will Skunk your beer.
HTH
P2
With priming, most seem to use just normal table sugar, I use for dark beers Demerra sugar. Some use Golden syrup. None will give you that Twang(which is behind you, now you have gone AG
)Now conditioning is dependant upon the strength and type of beer you have produced. If you condition your bottles if possible where you fermented for 5 days(or stick them in a warm place for a couple of days) and with your summer lightning leave somewhere cool for about 3 weeks and then drink. And yes you want to keep you beer out of the sunlight(or any UV source), as this will Skunk your beer.
HTH
P2