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rdwj
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Honey boiled with the wort for 30 minutes will give you a mild honey flavor. Boiling for 10 minutes will give you more aroma.
Rhoobarb
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My house beer has honey in it. I add it @ 15 mins. left in the boil. The later you add it, the more honey flavor you'll get. The earlier you add it; the less flavor. Both will add alcohol and a bit of dryness to the beer. You can counteract the dryness my adding specialty grains.
loopmd
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mostly alcohol and not a lot of flavor. if you are looking for the aroma or flavor of honey adding it this way may be a little disappointing as these are very subtle in my opinion. Honey is very fermentable, so most of it gets used up and turns into alcohol....not that that's a bad thing. :cross:
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kvh
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Raffie said:
Almost anything cooked will react the same way. The most sensitive elements of something with taste and aroma is the part you can smell. The more you cook it, the more it boils off...
If you want honey flavor, add some Honey Malt grains in your steep/mash. A little will go a long way.
That being said, I'm adding honey to my next batch... just for the hell of it I think.
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