Forgot to add spice until later - ruined?

[Alphadawg]

Brewing a NB Pumpkin Spice Ale. Forgot to add the pumpkin spice until after the wort was cooled and yeast pitched. It is fermenting ... am I ruined? I was mostly worried about an infection.

 

[myndflyte]

No, it's fine. At this point though, I'd suggest making a tincture where you mix spices and vodka and let it sit for a week. Once it's done fermenting, take something like 100ml and add drops of the tincture to taste (~0.05ml/drop). Once you hit the flavor you like, just scale it up for the rest of the batch.

 

[VikeMan]

If you decide to go the tincture route, here's a cheat sheet you can use to help determine the amount of tincture to add to the beer.
http://sonsofalchemy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Flavor_Sample_Dosing.pdf