Hi everyone – I am hoping to get some help/advice on bottling beer with the plan to age it. I’m getting ready to make
a couple of high gravity desert beers with an ABV of around 9%. I’m going to use 500ml swing top bottles. My question is
that I feel like it would be better to bottle condition rather than force carbonate. (agree/disagree?) I am fermenting in a conical and would rather not transfer to a bottling bucket. I’ll be bottling with a counter pressure filler. My two thoughts are after I cold crash 1) add priming sugar to each bottle
and fill directly from the fermenter or 2) transfer to a keg with priming sugar which will act as a bottling bucket and bottle from there. All my transfers will be pressurized.
Any input would be appreciated. Paul