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Yes, there are less fermentable sugars remaining after carmelization. How much less depends on how heavily you carmelized the honey (and how much you plan on using). Light carmelization and you may be okay; you'd just have to wait longer to drink as it may take longer to carb up after...

I just watched the third episode of Brew Dogs and they included stone ground corn meal in the beer they made for that episode (making the most "American" beer they could, they went with a colonial era inspired recipe that had pilsner case malt, coffee malt, molasses and corn meal added to the...

thanks for the advice. I'm going to skip the oak and assume that none was supposed to be included in the kit. The kit was supposed to include labels, corks, etc. for bottling but not everything was there so I couldn't tell from the generic kit directions if oak was supposed to be included...

I just started a Reserve Du Chateau 6 Week Wine Kit, Italian Barbaresco. I've never done this kit before, I really only went with this one because I was able to get free shipping to Hawaii on it through Amazon so I thought it worth giving a try. It did not come with any oak (I am not sure if...