Cornies and priming - any point?

[fbsf]

Right, I've got myself some cornies and the various hardware, and some CO2.

My next question is, is there any point in priming the beer before putting it in the corny? I know I'll have to prime the remainder that is going to be bottled (the 2-3L that's left over), but is there any benefit/detriment to just batch priming the whole lot in my bottling bucket as I normally do, transferring what will fit into the corny and bottling the rest?

My thinking is that transferring it to the bottling bucket makes my life easier by allowing me avoid getting any trub into it - if I went straight from FV to corny, I'd be concentrating on not overfilling the corny, and probably end up with a load of trub in it. Multitasking is not one of my strong points...

I'll be connecting the CO2 from the cylinder anyway to enable the corny to seal, just want to get opinions really.

 

[Dave1970]

The benefit of not priming the Corny is clear beer. The liquid out tube in your corny picks up from the very bottom of the keg so if you prime the secondary fermentation will throw a sediment that is going to mean you have to pull off lots of beer from the keg before it runs clear. If you force carb in the corny you get clear beer. It can also be transported and served straight away 'cos there's no sediment to disturb.

If you do prime then you benefit from naturally conditioned beer, you can still call it real ale and use a bit less CO2

No reason why you can't transfer to secondary to get it off the trub, then put 19 litres into the corny, batch prime & bottle what's left

 

[fbsf]

No reason why you can't transfer to secondary to get it off the trub, then put 19 litres into the corny, batch prime & bottle what's left

A very fair point, and one that maybe I should have spotted! I do like to over-complicate things at times...