Honey as a priming sugar

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jim4065

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I bottled a little over 4 gallons of Hefeweizen yesterday and used 4 oz weight of honey as the primer. Some 28 hours have passed and the TAD bottle still hasn't "popped out" to its normal shape. Could I have bad honey? Should I be thinking of re-bottling with corn sugar? :confused:
 
According to Breworganic.com you can use any of the following

3/4 cup of corn sugar or cane sugar
1 cup of malt extract
or 1/2 cup of honey

Did you mix the honey with boiling water like you would regular sugar?
 
I only prime with honey. Don't ask me why. I started and kept doing it because it worked really well for me. I think you may have low-balled it a bit. 225g (8 oz) should be about perfect for what you are doing.
 
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