Ack! Help please

[dscott]

Hi all,
So I've just bottled but have yet to cap my first ever batch and it hit me that I had forgotten to stir in the priming sugar. I boiled my sugar and water, added it to my bottling bucket and racked the beer onto it, then after several minutes, I proceeded to bottle it up. It was only near the last few bottle that I realized I had not stirred... What are the odds that racking onto the sugar mixed it thoroughly? Should I pour the bottles back into the bucket or cap away???

Thank you for looking in!

d

 

[Roondy888]

You should be ok just racking into the bucket should have stirred it sufficiently enough. When I bottled I never used to stir and didnt have any problems.

 

[khallene]

You should be fine. I never stir it in. Just rack on top of it and that does the trick.

 

[daksin]

A lot of people are totally against stirring, and they do alright! You should be fine. I'm a stirrer myself, but I'm betting your beer will carb nicely.

 

[dscott]

Thank you all very much! We're bottled, capped, relieved and not so patiently waiting...
And, now that my gear is freed up, I think I'll look for another recipe.

Cheers y'all,
d

 

[Barley_Bob]

I've had issues with my bottles not carbing evenly. So, I usually add in my priming sugar incrementally as the bottling bucket fills. At the end, I give it a gentle stir. On the other hand, I've never had a totally flat beer or a bottle bomb when my bottles are uneven. I don't think you'll have a problem, but if they're uneven, try something different next time. There's only one way to learn.