retrograde proccess question

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  1. brother_rebus

    brother_rebus Pooh-Bah (2,512) Jul 28, 2014 Maine
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    would adding yeast and/or sugar to an already finished beer do anything besides make a cloudy sweet mess?
     
  2. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Just adding yeast (assuming it's not a more attenuative strain than the original) would do nothing except increase the amount of yeast.

    Adding sugar would, assuming there is still viable yeast in the beer, cause another fermentation, converting the sugar to CO2 and alcohol.
     
  3. brother_rebus

    brother_rebus Pooh-Bah (2,512) Jul 28, 2014 Maine
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    So adding them together would up the ABV and cabonation, yes?
     
  4. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Yes. But if you plan to do this in the bottle, do some math, or you may make bottle bombs.
     
  5. Mike_Aguirre

    Mike_Aguirre Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2015 Mexico

    Yes, you´ll have some bombs in your cellar. Watch out for this, a friend of mine almost lost an eye for an explosive bottle.
     
  6. brother_rebus

    brother_rebus Pooh-Bah (2,512) Jul 28, 2014 Maine
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    Safety first
     
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  7. mikehartigan

    mikehartigan Maven (1,421) Apr 9, 2007 Illinois

    Assuming you didn't do anything to kill it, there's probably already enough viable yeast to ferment any extra sugar you add, so there's really no need to add more. Though, aside from the extra sediment, it won't hurt.
     
  8. brother_rebus

    brother_rebus Pooh-Bah (2,512) Jul 28, 2014 Maine
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    Yea. Im gonna do some wild expiramentation with some already-finished IPA. Maybe cask and hop infusion. We'll see how it turns out.
     
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