Ok. I was wondering if anybody had every tried to use honey as a primer for bottle carbonation instead of sugar or sugar drops???
I purchased a small sampler pack of different honeys from Vermont and I wanted to try to see if the different honeys would impart different tastes to my beer. From experience I have noticed that when you add honey to the primary fermentor you get little to know honey taste in the beer. (I think it is due to the fact that the fermentation is so rigorous at this stage it eats up everything including taste).
So my plan was to try using honey as my fermentable for bottling. I figured that the sugar would provide for carbonation but that more of the honey taste would come thru because the fermentation at this stage is not all that rigorous.
First has anybody done this and what are your thoughts and experiences??
Second. If I want to do this how do it? Do I cook the honey with water first? Do I add any extra sugar to the honey? How much honey/water/sugar do I use and how much goes in each bottle?
I purchased a small sampler pack of different honeys from Vermont and I wanted to try to see if the different honeys would impart different tastes to my beer. From experience I have noticed that when you add honey to the primary fermentor you get little to know honey taste in the beer. (I think it is due to the fact that the fermentation is so rigorous at this stage it eats up everything including taste).
So my plan was to try using honey as my fermentable for bottling. I figured that the sugar would provide for carbonation but that more of the honey taste would come thru because the fermentation at this stage is not all that rigorous.
First has anybody done this and what are your thoughts and experiences??
Second. If I want to do this how do it? Do I cook the honey with water first? Do I add any extra sugar to the honey? How much honey/water/sugar do I use and how much goes in each bottle?