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Kegging, add sugar or not?

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So I have done much "Googling" with mixed results. When I keg should I or should I not add priming sugars? I have made an excellent lager and did not add sugar. I now have a Koelsch in the keg and have been wondering if I should have added sugar or not. What are the pros/cons?
 
Adding sugar to the keg is usually done in the absence of using CO2 for carbonation. If you have a CO2 tank and regulator and use that to carbonate you won't need to add sugar. If you don't have a CO2 system hooked up then you will need to add priming sugar or your Koelsch is going to stay pretty flat.
 
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Adding sugar to the keg is usually done in the absence of using CO2 for carbonation. If you have a CO2 tank and regulator and use that to carbonate you won't need to add sugar. If you don't have a CO2 system hooked up then you will need to add priming sugar or your Koelsch is going to stay pretty flat.
That is what I had been thinking also.
However, I also do some keg-to-bottle with a The Last Straw bottle filler, works great by the way, will my beer once bottled stay carbonated throughout it's storage?
 
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I use the Tapcooler counter pressure bottle filler to fill from my keezer. I bottled a bunch for a family reunion last June and had a couple left over that I stashed away... six months later I discovered a local competition and submitted two of those bottles. It scored 41 total points which is considered excellent by BJCP standards. So yes, if bottled properly they should stay carbonated.
 
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