Question about adding various types of sugar to beer.

[Snoogles]

I've read you shouldn't generally add more than a pound of sugar to a beer or you could get some bad tastes.... Although I've brewed a Belgian tripel that called for 2 lbs of beet sugar so I guess it's more of a ratio to the amount of malt that you have kinda thing. I am unfortunately not good at follow rules and am very curious hehe. Has anyone tried adding 4-5 lbs of table sugar into a beer? What does it taste like? Does it add a really bad off flavor or does it just add a dry alcohol "malt liquor" taste to the beer? Also, do these same rules apply for Honey, brown sugar and other types of sugars? Thanks guys

 

[dragonbreath11]

I find that the more sugar I add, the thinner the beer gets. It also gets very cidery. I myself don't care for cider taste in beer. 2lbs. for a Triple or other high alcohol beers is not uncommon as the malt bill for a Triple is high and the malt's character will still shine through if brewed properly. Also one of the characteristics of Belgians is their dryness and sugar helps to that effect. I think if you added 4-5lbs of sugar to a normal gravity beer it would be awful to say the least.