Can I add sugar at any time after primary?

[gyllstromk]

I'm planning to add sugar (10-20% of fermentables) to my fermenter, but it's nearly a week in there. Seems like I should be able to add without problems, but I'm wondering if there might be any issues adding so late in the game.

Also, I let my temperatures ramp up after the initial fermentation. Should I try to reduce the temperature to the recommended range before adding the sugar?

 

[Azurecybe]

Boil your sugar in water, cool, and toss it right in. I do it to Belgians all the time.

 

[AL73]

yes, same here
I added just the way posted above to my first tripel, i just reduced a little bit the temp to avoid some flavors,. done well

 

[Azurecybe]

Just added 10 oz table sugar to a 1.053 Belgian IPA. Adding 2lb to a 1.076 tripel tonight. Works like a charm to boost abv and dry the beer out some. I've never had the cidery issue some have said this makes.

These are post sugar addition sg estimates by the way.

 

[AL73]

i added 1.5 lbs of dextrose to my tripel becouse i want to drive it to 9% avb, before that i was in ~7.8 %, looks like it finish activity in the airlock in a couple of days