kegging and bottling

[joel_m]

Hi,

Brand new to this so this maybe a silly question but ...

This weekend hopfully I will finish fermenting my Wherry and I was going to split it between bottles and a keg. Problem is I don't have a bottling bucket and the 12 bottles I was going to use are of two different sizes some being Grolsch bottles and others being the same style but the 500ml dark brown Bernard dark larger bottles I tried recently from tescos.

Providing everything is sanitized is it ok to put my priming sugar in the keg then give it a gentle mix and syphon it from there in to the bottles before sealing the keg and bottles up to condition?

From reading on the forum am I correct in thinking that I should not use the keg tap for putting thre beer in the bottles as without pressure at the to it'll put air through the beer?

many thanks,

[Reg]

Bottling should be done by siphoning the beer straight to the bottom of the bottle only to avoid oxidisation.

Probably simpler to prime your bottles with dry sugar via a funnel and let the siphoning process mix the sugar into your beer.

[joel_m]

Thant brilliant thanks for the help and advice.

If I then add my sugar to the bottle then the beer or the other way around does it make any difference?

[rollin danny]

If you add the sugar to the beer already in the bottle you will find it has a violent reaction and blows froth out everywhere .Ask me how I know Best to add sugar to bottles first then add beer.