Can i add sugar to sweeten after ferment?

[Tommy1858]

I did this
4.8lbs pilzen malt
2.0lbs wheat malt
1 oz williamette
1 oz saaz
american ale yeast

mashed at 150-155 60mins
sparged 165-170 to collect 6 gallons total
90 minute boil to about 4 1/2 gallons
after 9 days in fermentor it taste like a Yazoo pale ale.Thats ok but id like a little more sweetness can i add something to sweeten before kegging and carbing?

 

[djfriesen]

You'll need to put something unfermentable in it: Splenda, lactose, or (I think?) maltodextrine. If you try to sweeten with fermentable sugar, you'll just get more alcohol and a thinner, drier beer.

Unless, I suppose, you backsweeten, then immediately chill to serving temps. This would, I presume, make the yeast go dormant, and prevent any further fermentation.

 

[Tommy1858]

ok i was thinking Lactose when i rack to the keg. Thanks for taking the time to answer

 

[3PegBrew]

bingo. otherwise you will make yeast happy and they will feed and make babies and farts.

 

[scottab]

if you haven't brewed then i would add it to the boil but after def need to use an unfermentable sweetener or you just get more fermentation.

 

[Tommy1858]

Thanks everyone it goes to keg on wednsday i have roughly 9 gallons so im thinking 1 lb Lactose??? Too much not enough??

 

[bighorn_brew]

Here's an idea, and maybe someone can advise as well....when I went thru my mead and wine obsession, I made a few batches that just needed a bit of mouthfeel as well as a touch of sweetness,,,so I dosed the kegs with some glycerin...made ALL THE DIFFERENCE!...
I've not used glycerin in beer so I can't tell you what or how it would work, but if you haven't thought of it, read about it...get some, and mix a bit into a commercial beer and see what it does for it,,,,again, I've not done it, and maybe some maltodextrine might do pretty much the same thing...

 

[Tommy1858]

thanks Big horn learning is half the obsession . learning drunk is the fun lol