My Sugar Conundrum

[BigTrev]

Hi I am looking for some advice please. I have been brewing beer (from kits) pretty successful for the last few years and probably made 15 or so 30/40 pint brews with pretty good results. I started a brew from a kit yesterday and had a complete brain misfire and after adding the wort I added 2kg of brewing sugar instead of 1kg. I do have another kit for the same beer but I am now not sure what to do. it seems to me I have 2 options:

1) Bin it, cut my losses, throw it away and start again with the new brew
2) Split the current double sugared brew into another brewing bucket and then add half of the wort from the new kit into each bucket, plus half the yeast and make 80 pints instead of 40. I am not sure how well this might work. Has anyone tried this and if so was it successful?

Any advice welcome.

 

[jof]

Option 3) just run with it. Should be fine, just a little stronger than advertised

 

[JockyBrewer]

If your yeast is pitched then to be honest I'd just let it carry on as it is. You'll end up with a stronger ale, but little else should change. It might just need a bit more time to mature once bottled/kegged to take any harsh edge off the alcohol.

 

[obscure]

Personally I would say cut your losses and leave as is. Assuming 1.5kg of malt extract you will have a OG of about 1.055 and probably end up with a beer around 6.2-6.8%. It might be terrible might end up being perfectly drinkable.

Edit Apologies I keyed this into brewersfriend set to a volume of 21 L so gravity would be closer to 1.051 at 23L (5 gallons) so about 5.9-6.1%.

 

[Clint]

Water it down a bit...add more water to the fv if you can.
I'd just leave it.

 

[BigTrev]

If your yeast is pitched then to be honest I'd just let it carry on as it is. You'll end up with a stronger ale, but little else should change. It might just need a bit more time to mature once bottled/kegged to take any harsh edge off the alcohol.

Thanks. I feel some barley ale in the making !

 

[An Ankoù]

Thanks. I feel some barley ale in the making !

Barley Ale? Isn't most ale made form barley?

 

[Buffers brewery]

I think you mean Barley wine...
https://chilternbrewery.co.uk/shop/bodgers-barley-wine/

 

[Justin Dean]

Let it run, whats the worse that can happen

 

[kelper]

My current brew is a barley wine at 7.2%. it looks flat but isn't. It's been kegged for a week and is gorgeous, clear and soporific.

 

[BigTrev]

Barley Ale? Isn't most ale made form barley?

Indeed it is, think I meant Barley Wine