Will this be effective in adding some bitterness to my already brewed beer?

[msa8967]

Tried brewing a session stout that came out way too sweet for my taste. It has been kegged for a month and is still really sweet so I am thinking about boilling 2 quarts of starter wort with some additional hops to add to the beer in the keg. Anyone have an idea if this will help bring some balance to the taste of the beer? It is a 2.5 gallon test batch and I am using 1/2 oz of fuggle hops boilled for 50 minutes.

 

[iambeer]

Imma guess it's probably related to yeast being able to process the sugar more than adding wort or hops bittering. Do you want to share OG, FG, yeast used, all grain or extract details? I bet it will help with the responses.

 

[msa8967]

Thanks for reminding me to psot the original recipe:

2.5 gallons
4 lbs 2-row
4 oz chocolate malt
4 oz roasted barley
6 oz brown sugar
3 oz crystal 20
3 oz crystal 80
0.5 oz east kent goldings 60 min
0.5 oz east kent goldings 20 min
american pub ale yeast

 

[duboman]

IMO since this is listed as a "test batch" you take proper notes in evaluating the beer and make the adjustments to the next batch.

Since it has been kegged for a month already, adding any sort of additional wort will only make it sweeter as there is no yeast to consume the additional sugars. You could try and make a hop tea but without having a sense of utilization and added bitterness to go on it would be a stab in the dark at best, plus risking infection to an already kegged batch.

Seems to me you conducted your test and it did not turn out so improve upon it for the next go around. Maybe make a 1 gallon batch instead. You can always hang onto what you have and blend it with something else or have it for dessert