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Any good beers with honey

Discussion in 'Recipes/Ingredients' started by benzy4010, Aug 13, 2013.

 

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    benzy4010

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 13, 2013
    As anyone done a good brown ale with honey or have a good brown sweet brown ale recipe? I have a few stouts and a nut brown ready for this winter but is also like a sweeter brown and I think a honey brown would be good.
     
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    Gear101

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 13, 2013
    What I have found is anything over 1/2 # for 5g, will make a really dry beer. Using honey malt will bring out a very nice favor of honey.
     
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    butterpants

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 13, 2013
    2 weeks ago I took the NB nut brown extract kit then added:
    1 lb orange blossom honey (flameout)
    6oz Honey Malt (steeped 20min)

    In the fermentor another 2 weeks so I can't tell ya how yummy it is. If you would like the complete recipie, just ask.
     
  4. #4
    acarp25

    New Member

    Posted Aug 13, 2013
    @butterpants

    I did nearly the same mod as you!
    To the kit I added 8oz honey malt to the specialties, did a partial mash, added 0.5oz willamette pellets for 10 min and 1# local wildflower honey at flameout and pitched a starter of wyeast London ale 3. Botched getting an accurate og (wine stir rod wouldn't fit in carboy so wasn't well mixed) but 1.5 weeks of rdw later and things are looking good.
    Will bottle at 3 weeks, and would love to compare tasting notes upon completion!
     
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    winterc

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 13, 2013
    It all depends on the honey and the yeast strain. I added 2.75 lbs to a saison that was fantastic, it did not dry it out too much, but it also didn't attenuate as expected. That was added at flame out. Since then I only add to secondary, but have some really potent wildflower honey and compensate for dryness with an extra 1/2 lb of crystal/5 gal.
     
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    benzy4010

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 13, 2013
    Should have mentioned im looking for all grain
     
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    benzy4010

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 13, 2013
    Sounds tasty though
     
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    butterpants

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 15, 2013
    PM me your address and I'll send you a bottle. I plan on kegging it, but a few bottles to age could be done.

    Seems only fair that we just do the taste test simultaneously with both beers in front of us..... long as you're in the US
     
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    Yuri_Rage

    Gritty.  

    Posted Aug 15, 2013
    Check my recipes. I like the honey porter in my drop down.
     
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