feeding my beer

[lorenzo]

i recently started brewing a chocolate espresso stout and was curious the best way to feed my beer extra sugar to get the abv i would like, going for high 8 or 9.
when i say how to chould i just pitch it in and mix or should i desolve in beer or water first.
last night i added a pound of sugar to a 5 gal batch and brought the sg from 1.01 to 1.02. and it went back to a vigorous gergle.
let me know what you think

 

[Brandonovich]

Definitely boil it in some water first, then cool it and add it to the fermenter. If you are just shooting for 8% or 9%, it would be better in the future to start with the appropriate SG and just make sure you pitch a nice healthy yeast starter.

 

[Germelli1]

I personally don't like the flavors significant amounts of sugar give to beer so I would let this one ride, then adjust the recipe if you decide to repeat it!

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