Adding honey to a Wit

[brewcrew2002]

I am going to brew a Carmel Wit beer soon, I was thinking of adding honey to the recipe for a nice subtle hint. My question is how much honey would you add to the 5 gallon mini mash recipe to achieve a nice honey note? I also was thinking about carbonating with honey instead of priming sugar. Any suggestion.

Thank you,

Brew Crew 2002

 

[sweetcell]

honey is very fermentable and it's quite hard to get it to leave any flavor behind. using it to prime is likely your best best. use a priming calculator, like http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/, to determine how much honey to prime with.

if you want honey flavor, you might want to look into adding some Gambrinus honey malt to your mini-mash.

 

[trnitz]

I made the White House Honey Ale last year (extract version) and per the recipe, added the honey in the last 5 minutes of the boil.

In the finished beer, I could taste the honey, without it being over-powering.