URGENT! Bottling and Made a Big Mistake

[Armen_Tamzarian]

I forgot to add the boiled sugar water to the bottling bucket and I just bottled about 3 beers and stopped. Boiling the sugar now. Should I cool it down and then pour it in the bucket?

 

[GoldMiner]

It's not really necessary to cool it down, it won't affect the temperature too much.

Make sure you sanitize your stirring spoon.

 

[elkdog]

It's not really necessary to cool it down, it won't affect the temperature too much.

Make sure you sanitize your stirring spoon.

yup.

 

[MikeRoBrew1]

You need the sugar, so pop those tops. I would think with sanitized you could return the beer to the bottling bucket. You may want to stir with sanitized spoon.

 

[Fetus]

Yeah, cool it down and pour it carefully over the back of a sanitized spoon into the beer. Be extra careful not to splash. Every splash can introduce oxygen into the wort. After it's poured in, slowly stir with a sanitized spoon, also being very careful not to splash.

I did something similar on my first batch, and it came out okay.

 

[Armen_Tamzarian]

Thanks all. So should I stir in the sugar then with a sanitized spoon, or will that cause oxidation?

 

[Armen_Tamzarian]

Gotcha on the slow stirring, awesome. Thanks again all!