Honey question

[jascar]

Wanna make a honey porter next batch wondering if costco honey any good? been reading it's not real honey because the filter out the pollen, maybe just buy some local honey if I can find someone selling it


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[passedpawn]

Why do you want the pollen? If you're adding honey to beer, you're better off with pasteurized honey, which is also the filtered kind.

 

[GuldTuborg]

Filtering and pasteurizing cut down on the aromatics. In a porter, I wouldn't expect them to really come through anyway, so use whatever is convenient. Were this a mead or braggot, I might suggest otherwise.

 

[count_200]

No matter what you get just make sure it's real honey and not honey flavored syrup. Made that mistake once and never again, bleh.

 

[Paps]

no matter what you get just make sure it's real honey and not honey flavored syrup. Made that mistake once and never again, bleh.

ouch!!!

 

[sbhank]

Adding honey to the wort doesn't always impart a clear honey flavor either. Because honey is a sugar, it is mostly fermented out during primary fermentation. If you're trying to get a honey flavor that is strong enough to stand up to the flavors of a porter, I may over kill it a little.

Honey malt is a good substitute for real honey to get a lingering honey flavor;you can mix it in with the other grains you are using, or steep it afterwards of this is all-grain. The best results that I've had with real honey have come when I add it late to the boil. Also, during bottling, I throw a squirt or two into each bottle along side the priming sugar.


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