I screwed up

[william_shakes_beer]

Ok, I admit it. I screwed up. Pulling out the kettle after a hiatus of a couple of years to do a pumpkin ale. I put the spices in at 60 minutes instead of 15 as called for in the recipe. I've resigned myself to adding another load of spice. Should I put it in now?( i pitched the yeast last night) or wait until i rack to the keg and add them there? The batch hasn't started yet, so this is probably my last opportunity to give them a vigorous stir without risking oxidation.

 

[Pappers_]

I'd consider letting it ferment out and then tasting to see what you've got. If it's less than what you want, you can make a tincture and add to your keg or bottling bucket to your taste.

 

[IslandLizard]

That! ^

IMO, spicing a Pumpkin Ale is a fine line between just right and too much. I'd err on the low side and if needed, correct with a tincture at packaging after tasting a good sample. You could even dope a keg later if the pours are a bit underwhelming, or spike the glass. But you can never remove if you added too much.

BTW, welcome back to brewing!
Ordering more grain on the group buy?

 

[william_shakes_beer]

A tincture: are you talking about removing a quart of beer, boiling 15 minutes with the spices and then adding back to the fermenter after cooling? or something else?

 

[InspectorJon]

Soak the spices in some flavorless liquor like vodka or everclear for a week or more then add the flavored liquor to the beer “to taste” at packaging time.

 

[Jag75]

OP I hope yours turns out better then mine. Went from 1.058 to around 1.003 in 7 days. Hopefully it turns out good. I did the spice in last 5 min . I would think boiling for 60 min would boil off the spice. I doesnt hurt to wait and see though . You can always add .

 

[seatazzz]

+1 to the tincture. For my holiday ales (I've done two) I added my spices to an empty bottle about 1/3 full of alcohol (vodka for one, Capn Morgans for last years, I can recommend it), capped it, and left it on the kitchen counter for a week, shaking it up every time I saw it. Added it a day before packaging, and got plenty of flavor from both.