deathtractor
Active Member
Has anyone ever tried honey to prime their beer? I read about it in the joy of homebrewing. Just wondering...
Unless you know the exact sugar content of your honey I would highly discourage it. Honey has highly inconsistent sugar levels and labels are merely an average and may not be accurate. Since the small amount you would use to prime won't add much flavor to the brew I would use dextrose.
mix 4 oz or 1/2 cup (it is the same) of honey, per 5 gallon batch, instead of priming sugar.
I use pure, spun from the honeycomb and bottled honey. :rockin:
I am planning to use honey exclusively for bottling my beers....all of them...as long as I am bottling....
When adding to wort I sub 1 cup for 1 lbs of grain at boil flame out... if this ratio is a bit off I do not care.....
Some notes on honey:
Honey does not need to be pasteurized because it never goes bad. The sugars will crystallize as it ages but if it is heated it will "melt back" and is still good.
Honey in the store may be pasteurized and/or diluted "up to" 20% with water and still carry the "pure honey" on the label.
Honey sauce is NOT honey....
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