What have I made?

[ALECOCK]

I decided I wanted to make a honey wheat ale, so I bought a kit at my local brew shop for an American wheat ale and I bought a 3 lb jar of local honey, I followed all of the directions for the American Wheat and then with 5 minutes left on the burner I poured in all 3 lbs of honey. Now I look online and no recipe I find has anywhere near that much honey in it. Is this gonna be like a malt liquor or like a honey wheat wine? what have I made? thanks

 

[COLObrewer]

What was the gravity of the original kit? I think you're fine, it will bring it up appx. 2%, depending on the honey.

 

[ALECOCK]

What was the gravity of the original kit? I think you're fine.

Oh yeah, I should've included that in my OP, I discovered while I was brewing that I have misplaced my hydrometer so...I'm kinda SOL. The OG according to the kit should be ~1050 and FG should be ~1013

 

[david83]

i think the honey will make the beer much dryer

 

[ALECOCK]

i think the honey will make the beer much dryer

How do you mean?(sorry I'm very very much a novice)

 

[COLObrewer]

Oh yeah, I should've included that in my OP, I discovered while I was brewing that I have misplaced my hydrometer so...I'm kinda SOL. The OG according to the kit should be ~1050 and FG should be ~1013

Beersmith says 3lbs honey will add .020 to your OG, and with OG 1.07, and FG 1.013, it says 7.45 ABV.:rockin:

 

[HomerJR]

How do you mean?(sorry I'm very very much a novice)

Dryer = Less Sweet

It's a result of greater attenuation, meaning a greater percentage of the initial sugars will be converted to alcohol. Almost all the honey is fermentable, so that would make your wort on the whole more fermentable.

 

[Token]

All of those late addition sugars are going to make your yeast go crazy; be prepared! Also, adding the honey late will make a difference in the taste of your beer. You will notice the sweetness more because you added it late rather than early.

I made an orange blossom amber and added 2 pounds of honey at 5 min. Turned out really nice.

Enjoy!

 

[wyzazz]

It won't be sweet at all, the honey is going to make it very dry and thin possibly cidery. If you like it good on ya, if not then you know what not to do for next time. If you want a honey flavor in a beer, then you can use honey malt. The good news is that your beer is going to be a bit stronger than originally anticipated.

 

[ALECOCK]

I think I scorched the honey a little bit, the day before I brewed I boiled the jar because the honey had crystalized and I forgot about it and left the jar in a rolling boil for probably about 20 minutes or so....it had a slight burnt smell kind of like burnt/carmelized sugar

 

[Hang Glider]

jot down notes - you may LOVE this beer and want to make it again!
Honey, Sugar, - highly fermentable -the yeasties are going to go to town! So you won't have so much honey flavor as higher alcohol, as stated.