Adam's Apples
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I have long loved honey, and after recently tasting 'Bumblebeer', I have decided to make a beer with honey. I'm going quite simple, with some light malt extract (5-6 lbs) and was thinking 3-4 lbs honey, together with maybe a couple of ounces of hops (whatever I have left over at the moment.)
Thing is, I want to impart the honey in both the aroma and taste of the beer, so was thinking how best to add it. I don't want to add too many hops as was thinking a nice sweet honey, malt flavour would be nice, but was reading on here that honey almost ferments completely, so I don't know if it would add to any sweetness itself. I was thinking of adding half the honey at the start of the boil with the malt extract and half at maybe 10 mins from flameout - in the hope this will add to the aroma and taste.
Have any of you chaps got experience of brewing with honey? Could I add some boiled and cooled honey at secondary stage, kinda like dry hopping, to increase any honey aroma + flavour? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Thing is, I want to impart the honey in both the aroma and taste of the beer, so was thinking how best to add it. I don't want to add too many hops as was thinking a nice sweet honey, malt flavour would be nice, but was reading on here that honey almost ferments completely, so I don't know if it would add to any sweetness itself. I was thinking of adding half the honey at the start of the boil with the malt extract and half at maybe 10 mins from flameout - in the hope this will add to the aroma and taste.
Have any of you chaps got experience of brewing with honey? Could I add some boiled and cooled honey at secondary stage, kinda like dry hopping, to increase any honey aroma + flavour? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers