Added honey when bottling.

[fayderek14]

So we bottled last night and we decided to add a half cup of honey to the bottling bucket for about 4 gallons of beer. Will this have any affect on the beer at all?

 

[fayderek14]

I should mention we also used our regular amount of corn sugar.

 

[PasbitinusBluinusRibbinus]

You may need to pasteurize to avoid bottle bombs. The honey is additional sugar and fermentation will likely start again.

 

[fayderek14]

Guess all I can do now is wait and see.

 

[Hello]

I wouldn't wait and see. I'd be worried to be honest. Make sure you keep those bottles covered and out of the way of anything you don't want beer on.

 

[fayderek14]

I put them in this container with the lid on.

 

[Hello]

Very good.

 

[fayderek14]

Let's hope they make it. Besides creating missiles out of the bottles will the honey have any affect on the taste of the beer?

 

[RonPopeil]

Let's hope they make it. Besides creating missiles out of the bottles will the honey have any affect on the taste of the beer?

yeah. it either won't ferment very well and give you a sweeter beer or it will ferment well and pop a few bottles.

 

[jrfehon]

Using this online calculator you can figure out how many volumes of CO2 you'll have.

http://www.homebrewing.com/calculators/?page=tools&section=sugar

I'm guessing that your regular amount of corn sugar is in the 3 to 4oz range? If your bottle temp is 65 degrees that's going to give you in the range of 5 volumes of CO2, which is way too high. Open one each week and see what the carbonation level is. If they haven't turned into gushers put them all in the fridge. It'll at least slow down the production of CO2 to give you time to drink them all before they over carbonate.

 

[iaefebs]

Don't forget to take pictures And post them here before cleaning up the mess.