help! waaay too much priming sugar in the keg!

[superbob]

Hi there, first post here! I'm attempting my first all grain batch, and as mentioned in the subject I've used too much priming sugar, 600g instead of 60g!! Any ideas what I should do? Is the beer ruined? Many thanks in advance!

 

[pittsy]

brew not ruined but it will be fermenting again , i would transfer to a clean fv until fermented out then back to keg with new amount of sugar , never mind it will be stronger but most likely ok :pray:

 

[superbob]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply. I'll do that now, do you think i'll need to pitch some more yeast? Thanks

 

[pittsy]

probably not, there should be a build up of gas in keg if so then yeast is still good .

 

[superbob]

Thanks, back in the fermentor now, I'm at about 20litres now, lost a couple messing about, would it be ok to top it up with a litre or two of water to increase final volume? Soz for all the questions! Cheers

 

[pittsy]

yeah , as you've got extra sugar you could add around 2 liters , boil and cool it first :thumb:

 

[jonewer]

I wouldnt add more water. You'll likely end up with thinner beer.

 

[fbsf]

I'd probably be tempted to leave as is as well, and just be aware of the increase in strength when drinking it...

 

[pittsy]

up to you but 600g of sugar will increase your og by 10 points

 

[nuggitmv]

600g of sugar thats going to be a beast of a beer

 

[jonewer]

up to you but 600g of sugar will increase your og by 10 points

Yeh, thing is thats a lot of points to just come from sugar (assuming its an average grain bill) which may make it a bit thinnish already, so then to add water too.......