"sul" <_@_.com> wrote in message news:10k6po15aeae44d@corp.supernews.com...[color=blue]
> Ok, after reading the old posts from the newsgroup, I see that you are
> not really supposed to add white sugar to a wort. A bit of advice a bit
> too late. However, nothing was really said how to save a watery batch.
> Here was what I was thinking, I have a 5 gal batch and was pondering the
> idea of taking about 1gal of my brew and adding a couple lbs of malt
> extract. Of course doing the routine of at least warming the 1gal brew
> so the extract disolves good, then pitching another packet of yeast
> after mixing it in good with the existing batch. You think this will
> work or is there anything else I can try?[/color]

You need to take 20% of your current batch to heat the extract to boiling.
This will kill anything in there! Let it cool and then add back to your
base. Make sure you get allot of air Oxygen into that additional malt.