Forgot to add fermentable sugar

I started a saison 3 days ago, and the recipe called for 3.5 oz of dextrose in addition to the grains.

The batch is a 1 gallon batch and the recipe also called for 1.6 lbs of 2-row and 6.5 oz rye.

Is it too late to add the sugar now, 3 days into primary fermentation? Of course I would make sure everything is sterile and would at the sugar dissolved in a couple ounces of water.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Topic late-addition primary-fermentation sugar homebrew

Category Mac

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It's not too late to add the missing sugar. Just boil it in a small amount of water, but be sure not to burn it.

You'll want to use just a few ounces of water to avoid diluting the beer (or over filling the bottle?), so boiling on a stove will be tricky.

To get the absolute minimum amount of water, you could try dissolving and sanitizing the sugar in a pressure cooker. The solubility is just over 90%, and if I'm remembering chemistry right you could dissolve that in about 10ml of water, giving about 100ml of thick syrup.

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