candi sugar

[craprocker]

so in my haste of brewing and relaxing i forgot to add the Candi sugar to my brew. plus my stupid yeast hasn't even started to do anything. So my question is this. can i boil down my candi sugar in a half gallon of water or so and add it tho the cooled wort or am i screwed? I think i'm going go to the brew store tomorrow after work and get some more yeast. This is an Ommegang clone

 

[jrhammonds]

go for it--sounds like a great ideal. Let it cool (obviously).

 

[Ecnerwal]

1: Bet your yeast gets going all by itself. Don't fuss about it. If you don't have a backup packet in your fridge, go get one, but don't get too excited about needing to add it because it's not taken off like a rocket yet. If the wort was not absurdly hot when the yeast was added, it's fine.

2: Boil, cool, add is fine for sugar.

 

[henrychinaski]

add the sugar when you rack into secondary. this is pretty common for belgian beers that are highly attenuated.
as far as the yeast goes, it's a wild card. i had a batch that didn't get going for about 36-hours and was terribly disappointed with the flavor. you may have better luck though.