Expert: Dave Nyce - 1/26/2006

Question
New to home beer making I received an entire kit for Christmas. I started my batch almost a week ago, I was reading more today and realized, much to my disappointed that I added the sugar to early, to phase one instead of waiting until I put it into the second pail after temperatures were staying the same over several days. Is the whole batch ruined and new supplies are in order, or can I follow thru with the rest of the steps and hope it works out. Thanks for your time. Ronald Roberts

Answer
Allow the fermentation to complete, until 2 or 3 days after the bubbling stops.  Then add 1/2 cup of corn sugar per 5 gallons of wort before bottling.  (I'm assuming that you are making 5 gallons of beer and bottling it as per the usual method.  If your kit is different, I'd need to know the particulars).

Hope this helps!

Dave