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| − | Congratulations; your beer is finished! It's also flat and probably in a pretty inconvenient container. To create a finished product, you need to carbonate it and package it in a way that makes it easy to get at and drink. How you package your beer will help determine how you carbonate it as well.
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| − | ==Carbonating and Packaging for the Beginning Homebrewer==
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| − | Beginning brewers generally [[priming|prime]] their beer with [[sugar]] and [[bottle]] it; this is the simplest method of carbonation and packaging and requires the least amount of extra [[Beer equipment|equipment]]. The simplest way to prime your beer is to add a measured amount of sugar (which may have come with your [[ingredient kit]]) to your beer in the [[bottling bucket]], stir well, and bottle. You should read the section on bottling below to ensure that you properly bottle and cap your beer, and if necessary the section on priming to determine how much [[priming sugar]] you need to add.
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| − | ==Carbonation==
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| − | '''Carbonation''' is created by dissolved [[carbon dioxide]] in the beer. This can be achieved in two ways: by adding extra sugar and yeast to the [[bottle]], [[keg]], or [[cask]], which will create [[carbon dioxide]] naturally, or by forcing pressurized [[carbon dioxide]] into a container (usually a keg) and allowing it to dissolve into the [[beer]].
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| − | ==What do I do next?==
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| − | Congratulations - your beer is finished! All you have to do is wait for carbonation to be complete, and you're on to the ultimate goal of the [[beer brewing process]]: [[Dispensing and Serving]].
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