EDME stout priming??

[Barm]

(copied from xpers' EDME stout thread)

I have just started with my first crack at EDME stout (courtesy of our old mate Mr Wilko). Did a Blackrock kit a couple of years back that was real nice, so eager to see how this one turns out. No Coopers available locally.......
I went for 500g extra-dark spraymalt, 500g BKE and 200g raw cane sugar. Plus 15g Northdown boiled for 30 mins. Made up to OG 1048 - final length a little over 20L.
In similar fashion to the "Quatermass Coopers" mentioned in other threads - it blew the lid off the FV overnight.....

Gonna keg it (partially since I just swapped my plain CO2 cylinder for G-mix 70%N2/30%CO2).....With that in mind - has anyone got a view on priming sugars?
I'm with Ditch inasmuch as agreeing that stout should not come with throatbite: so am wondering whether to reduce the priming sugars or even (Ditch-like) skip them altogether - on the basis that I'm looking for condition but not much carbonation. I'm using the widget system, so can control keg pressure quite closely thanks to the pressure gauge and control handle - maybe the G-mix alone could do the business and deliver that elusive creamy smoothness??

Thoughts welcome on this: I very much want to avoid repeating the experience with a previous stout that I bottled, primed at the normal rate - it poured like coca-cola.......

I'm also considering the use of heading liquid - has anyone tried it? Or reckon it'd be worthwhile?

cheers-
Barm

[brysie]

hey barm

ive only bottled my coopers stouts but did experiment with different priming sugars on the last one.

the ones i didnt use any priming sugars came ot like bottled guinness. the old fashioned stuff. very nice but....
far and away the best tasting were thew ones i primed with 2grams per pint, unrefined demarara sugar. no question.

however i brewed my kit with 1 kilo of dark dsm and 200g of said demarara.

[CyberPaddy66]

Done this one several times, each time I primed the keg with 85g's of household sugar and enjoyed the stout after 6 weeks conditioning, it's a lovely mellow drink once matured.

[stupid_squaddy]

Tried heading solution/placebo once. Don't waste your money I really don't think it made the slightest difference.