1st Brew - Honey Brown "type"

adchesney · 06-17-2009, 07:49 PM

Dear Folks,

I am going to try my first brew and wonder if anyone can give thumbs-up or not.

I would like to get a light honey flavoured beer (like JW Dundee's Honey Brown).

I am going to use:

Coopers Australian IPA
500g LIght SprayMalt
500g Coopers Enhancer #2
300g Honey

I will add the honey 3 days after commencing frementation.

I will then use 100g -150g in the 5gallons when priming for bottling a week or so later.

Does this make sense?

Regards

ANDREW

**jezter6** · 06-17-2009, 07:58 PM

I can't comment on spraymalt or enhancer #2 - but 2 notes:

1) Honey ferments almost completely - leaving little "real" honey backflavor. Consider steeping honey malts instead.

2) 1 week is probably way too early to consider bottling any beer. It's only ready when the hydrometer says it's ready, but will be better if left to it's own devices on a proper schedule.

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