Brewskii
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CGVT said:I put the honey in at 5 minutes.
It leaves a hint of honey flavor and the perception of sweetness.
I thought it was good that way. I would not want anymore honey flavor than I got by doing it that way. I did not secondary, BTW.
Me too, on all counts except I put it in @ ~ 1 min. -enough to let it see some heat before chilling. I think it was the beersmith pod cast where I heard someone say If you do a lot of honey beers and add it to secondary, you will eventually get an infected batch as honey is not clean. I suppose this is for non-pasteurized natural honey? Not sure about that.
Also, it is true that the flavor of honey will eventually degrade with the boil.
I suppose it depends on where you see yourself in this debate.