Added to much water to wort,low alcohol volume

[J_Fallon]

Hi guys,

I've just started my first brew using Coopers Home Kit. I've add 25 litres of water instead of 23 by mistake :smack:
It's now day 6 of fermentation at about 21 degrees and the brew seems to be finished fermenting...ie c02 production seems to have subsided & it looks stable.
My OG was 1.030 when i first mixed up the wort,at day 6 it is now 1.010 giving an alcohol volume of about 2.63%

Is it possible to add normal sugar to the wort to boost the alcohol content?Maybe about 100 grams to the mix? Any experienced advice would be great!

Cheers

 

[CJ-3]

Adding sugar and allowing the yeast to ferment it out would be a way to increase the ABV%. One thing to remember though is it may dry your beer out a bit.

 

[J_Fallon]

Thanks for the reply,I just added about 150 grams of sugar and golden syrup to the wort...hopefully the extra water I added at the start should balance it out in the end.

 

[beardown2489]

If it turns out too dry, quick brew up another batch and mix them together. Provided it's a clean unflawed batch, this would be a good way to fix the problem