arctic78
Grandmaster Brewer
Hi,
I have been doing some reading about adding honey into a brew as I want to give my next batch a bit of flavour from the honey. I have read about the honeys that you guys seem to use the most in the U.S. and obviously the honeys I have available are going to be very different flavour wise. I live in Tasmania , Australia. From the bits I have found and read it seems that if I add the honey to the boil I will not get so much of the honey flavour and aroma but it will give a drier finish to the beer, this is not what I am looking for.
The other option seems to be to add the honey to the primary after the krausen has reached it's peak. This is the option I think I will go with and I will pasteurise the honey at 150 F in a water bath for around 15min. my main questions are these.
1. when I add the honey to the primary do I stir it in or just pour it in.
2. Once the honey has been added I guess there will be some more fermenting from the sugar so how long do I wait till I rack to my secondary?
Also I was playing around in the design of the beer and was curious , As I am new to using this, To know what the difference is when you add honey into to the recipe what effect it has on your brew if it is added as
1. sugar
2. extract
3. adjunct
4. grain
These are probably basic questions but any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks.
I have been doing some reading about adding honey into a brew as I want to give my next batch a bit of flavour from the honey. I have read about the honeys that you guys seem to use the most in the U.S. and obviously the honeys I have available are going to be very different flavour wise. I live in Tasmania , Australia. From the bits I have found and read it seems that if I add the honey to the boil I will not get so much of the honey flavour and aroma but it will give a drier finish to the beer, this is not what I am looking for.
The other option seems to be to add the honey to the primary after the krausen has reached it's peak. This is the option I think I will go with and I will pasteurise the honey at 150 F in a water bath for around 15min. my main questions are these.
1. when I add the honey to the primary do I stir it in or just pour it in.
2. Once the honey has been added I guess there will be some more fermenting from the sugar so how long do I wait till I rack to my secondary?
Also I was playing around in the design of the beer and was curious , As I am new to using this, To know what the difference is when you add honey into to the recipe what effect it has on your brew if it is added as
1. sugar
2. extract
3. adjunct
4. grain
These are probably basic questions but any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks.