http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519 Resource for home brewers created by home brewers. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-8991 joe Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:43:07 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-8991 I am a beginner “home brewer”, just finished my third batch and decided to experiment with honey before researching. I used just ONE measured cup of real, off the store shelf honey and did not do anything with the honey before dropping it in. I put the honey in directly after the boil/cooling down phase, I then aerated and added the dry yeast…….. MY QUESTION is, do I need to give up and throw out this batch?? Since I did nothing with the honey from the store, will this ruin the whole batch??? Please reply to chestypuller1961@gmail.com if you have any advice…..thanks!!!!! I am a beginner “home brewer”, just finished my third batch and decided to experiment with honey before researching. I used just ONE measured cup of real, off the store shelf honey and did not do anything with the honey before dropping it in. I put the honey in directly after the boil/cooling down phase, I then aerated and added the dry yeast…….. MY QUESTION is, do I need to give up and throw out this batch?? Since I did nothing with the honey from the store, will this ruin the whole batch???
Please reply to chestypuller1961@gmail.com if you have any advice…..thanks!!!!!

]]> http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-8983 tim Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:40:46 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-8983 I have never had a problem adding honey to a batch and it always comes out great ! I use a can of malt/a bag of dry malt/ and add hops and or diced up ginger root/ at the end I usually put in 1 or 2-pouinds of honey and 0ne pound frozen raspberrys to the last 5-minutes of the boil. my beer lasts for 3+ years and it gets even better with age !!!! I try to use honey all the time!!!! I have never had a problem adding honey to a batch and it always comes out great ! I use a can of malt/a bag of dry malt/ and add hops and or diced up ginger root/ at the end I usually put in 1 or 2-pouinds of honey and 0ne pound frozen raspberrys to the last 5-minutes of the boil. my beer lasts for 3+ years and it gets even better with age !!!!
I try to use honey all the time!!!!

]]> http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3769 rob Thu, 06 May 2010 01:36:24 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3769 i just bought a kit of honey brown ale . i think that i will give that a try . why not brew 4.5 gal then add .5 gal and honey to primary in about 4 days in.fg is suposed to start at 1050. it may be a little higher but wont it drop when the honey/water is added ? I want to taste that clover honey i just bought a kit of honey brown ale . i think that i will give that a try . why not brew 4.5 gal then add .5 gal and honey to primary in about 4 days in.fg is suposed to start at 1050. it may be a little higher but wont it drop when the honey/water is added ? I want to taste that clover honey

]]> http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3768 Chris Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:03:49 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3768 A friend and I just recently brewed a Honey Pale Ale and added 2lbs. of honey just after the boil before adding to the primary. This resulted in a high abv and a dry taste to the finish of the beer. All together it was a great beer though, but I would reccomend adding the honey a few day after the primary fermentation has begun. It will allow for more of the hoeny flavor to come out in the beer and should not affect the gravity or abv nearly as much. A friend and I just recently brewed a Honey Pale Ale and added 2lbs. of honey just after the boil before adding to the primary. This resulted in a high abv and a dry taste to the finish of the beer. All together it was a great beer though, but I would reccomend adding the honey a few day after the primary fermentation has begun. It will allow for more of the hoeny flavor to come out in the beer and should not affect the gravity or abv nearly as much.

]]> http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3767 Brewologist Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:15:52 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3767 A friend and I brewed a "honey brown" for my first home brew about 12 years ago. He was teaching me how to brew, and decided we should add some honey and do an experiment. We added about 4-5 lbs of honey, along with the standard amount of malt extract, which was about 7lbs or so. Well, the fermentation was extremely active and I even had hops glog the airlock and blow the lid off of my plastic fermentation bucket. That was a crash course in blow-off, literally. : ) The ale turned out okay after all, but it was incredibly strong, probably close to 10%. For flavor, the honey extract is your best bet thought, I didn't notice much flavor from the honey in my brew, but did notice a dryness, as Rob mentioned. It was a killer brew though. A friend and I brewed a “honey brown” for my first home brew about 12 years ago. He was teaching me how to brew, and decided we should add some honey and do an experiment. We added about 4-5 lbs of honey, along with the standard amount of malt extract, which was about 7lbs or so. Well, the fermentation was extremely active and I even had hops glog the airlock and blow the lid off of my plastic fermentation bucket. That was a crash course in blow-off, literally. : ) The ale turned out okay after all, but it was incredibly strong, probably close to 10%. For flavor, the honey extract is your best bet thought, I didn’t notice much flavor from the honey in my brew, but did notice a dryness, as Rob mentioned. It was a killer brew though.

]]> http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3766 John Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:29:15 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3766 Thanks Rob. I think your comment and Mike's answer are pushing me towards using honey malt as my "honey" ingredient. Thanks Rob. I think your comment and Mike’s answer are pushing me towards using honey malt as my “honey” ingredient.

]]> http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3765 Rob Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:50:51 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/brewing-beer-with-honey/519#comment-3765 I love using honey - but adding it prior to fermentation just increases your OG and adds some dryness. Try using Honey Malt if yo uare looking for sweetness, but not more than 20% or so of the grain bill (depending on the strength you want). I've used both method and am a huge fan of honey malt. After primary is also good and you can even add it to the keg or bottle if you like. I love using honey – but adding it prior to fermentation just increases your OG and adds some dryness. Try using Honey Malt if yo uare looking for sweetness, but not more than 20% or so of the grain bill (depending on the strength you want). I’ve used both method and am a huge fan of honey malt. After primary is also good and you can even add it to the keg or bottle if you like.

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