Irish stout blunder

[Gator1]

I brewed an Irish Stout this weekend and rushed things a bit because of party I had to get to. Just realized that what I thought was priming sugar was actually part of the fermentable sugar for the recipe. It's already started fermenting and was wondering if I could boil some water, dissolve the sugar and carefully dump it into my ale pail.

I guess I could just let it go and get a light Irish Stout but I think they are low enough in ABV as it is.

Lessons Learned, always make sure you read the instructions and take a hydrometer reading before putting on the lid.

 

[david_42]

Go ahead and add the sugar. An Irish Stout should be a bit dry.

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Sure, I have done that already after racking when I needed to add some water to make up the 5 gallon volume. The amount you have to add won't affect the brew much, if at all.

 

[Gator1]

Thanks, made some sugar water and added it last night. I'm thinking of this as a late yeast starter.