Has this ever happened to anyone?

[dmfa200]

I'm a noob, so please excuse the mistake but, I was in the process of bottling an AA and was racking to the bottling bucket and forgot to add the priming sugar while the beer was filling the bucket.
After about half the beer was racked I realized what I had forgotten. So I stopped the transfer, prepared the corn sugar, and added it to the beer, then finished racking.
I assumed the sugar would mix in while racking the other half to the bucket, but I think I was wrong.
I did not want to risk stirring the sugar in for fear of oxygenating or contamination.
It seems as though my beer is carbonating inconsistently from one bottle to the next.
I know this because I've tried about five, to check the progress. Some have very little carbonation while others seem to to right on track with what I have learned from this forum and John Palmer's book.
Oh yeah, It was bottled on Easter.

Help! What should I do?

 

[RCCOLA]

You could ge some carb tabs, uncap all of them, determine which ones are undercarbed and add a tab--recap.

Or what I would do is just leave em be, and drink my mistake.

I always gently stir in my priming mix. if you do it gently, you won't have oxidation. I had a few batches inconsistently carbed when I first started, ever since, I've stirred w/ no problems.

 

[nebben]

I've found that if I don't put the dissolved sugar (in a syrup'y consistency) into the bottling bucket in the beginning, I'll have to stir a LOT to get even mixing. Even if I rack onto my priming syrup, I will still stir it up a bit with my racking cane before I start to bottle.

If you don't splash and make bubbles, it will be fine.

 

[whale]

just wait couple more weeks. its only been two weeks since you've bottled it. depending on the temperature, it may take 5-6 weeks to carb.

 

[malkore]

I too would wait. IN the future though there is NOTHING wrong with stirring the bottling bucket, GENTLY. sanitize your long spoon, and just gently stir it. NO SPLASHING. Splash = air = oxidation potential.

basically stir slow and keep it deep so the liquid is moving slowly in circles but the surface isn't being agitated.

 

[ChshreCat]

I've added the sugar solution about a third of the way in and had no problems with carbing.