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baz7

hi just split my xmas ale between bottles and barrel ,would it be a good idea to expel any nasty air by injecting co2 now or does it not matter.

HBO_Staff

it depends when you transferred it as to what stage it was at, if it had just finished fermenting then the priming sugar you added will do the trick. If it was already primed and had been ready a while, then once transferred it is often a good idea to get it under pressure by adding CO2 to it. This can't be done in bottles but can be re-primed with a little more sugar. Transferring the brew after it has secondary fermented is best avoided though