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Is it possible to successfully bottle a beer that's already been primed in a barrel?

I'd like to know what the effect of trying to bottle 35 pints of a light ale that's already been primed in a barel would be? Presumably there is still yeast floating about that would be able to ...
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First time bottling, a few questions. [closed]

I'm getting ready to bottle a ginger beer. It's been at a steady 1.008 FG (1.041 OG) for a week now so I hope it's safe. 1) I siphoned one bottles worth earlier into a 500ml flip-top, and added one ...
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Bottle carbonation - too much priming sugar?

I posted a question here before about what I decided was an 'extract twang' flavor. I tried a bottle from batch #2 yesterday, and I noticed the same thing. Here's where it gets interesting. My brew ...
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Corn Sugar Off Flavors [closed]

I know there is a substantial amount of debate regarding whether to use DME or corn sugar or table sugar to bottle prime, but I wanted to ask the question if priming with simple glucose, can ...
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Do you strain break material from DME boiled for priming?

When you prime with DME, there is a bit of break material formed when you boil the DME. How to brew mentions this, but doesn't say what to do about it or if you should care. Do you strain this ...