Can I still bottle after using barrel?

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thesteve

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Brewed a Coopers Irish Stout kit and after bottling some I put the remainder in a pressure barrel. The stuff in the bottles is great but I have no head whatsoever when I pour from the pressure barrel. Looks just like Coca Cola!!

Don't want to pour the beer from the pressure barrel away - would it work trying to bottle this? Presumably I would need to prime it?? Any suggestions?
 
You can bottle from the PB. I have had to do it when PBs have failed and I had to find a home for the beer. You will need to prime as normal. I also suggest you give the beer in the PB a swirl before you bottle it to resuspend the yeast so that your beer in bottle will carb up.
And have you considered that your PB could be leaking which could give you flat beer?
 
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