the 'honey' flavor in many beers that say 'honey this' or whatever is usually honey malt, it's a specialty grain. actual honey will mainly just dry the beer out and increase ABV. you could try honey at flameout, so you don't boil off any honey flavor, but keep in mind that honey is a very delicate flavor and won't stand out in most beers.
my suggestion for a honey brown is to look into how you can mash a touch of honey malt in your next batch, then maybe add some honey to the end of the boil, or better yet, to the secondary fermenter after fermentation is complete.