I'm a fairly new home brewer and I have a batch fermenting I just threw
together with a strong Honey presence in it. I heard of people using honey
to prime for carbonation and I was thinking about trying it to emphasize the
keep the honey flavor in the beer. Has anyone ever tried this before? and
if so how were the results?? I plan on using about 1/2 cup for 5 gallons..

Michael Ellis wrote:
>
> I'm a fairly new home brewer and I have a batch fermenting I just threw
> together with a strong Honey presence in it. I heard of people using honey
> to prime for carbonation and I was thinking about trying it to emphasize the
> keep the honey flavor in the beer. Has anyone ever tried this before? and
> if so how were the results?? I plan on using about 1/2 cup for 5 gallons..

I've tried it...my conclusion was that it took a long time to carbonate
and there was no perceptible flavor from that small an amount of honey.
Use corn sugar...it's easy, cheap, and reliable.

----------->Denny
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Life begins at 60 - 1.060, that is.

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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:45:11 GMT, "Michael Ellis"
> wrote:

>I'm a fairly new home brewer and I have a batch fermenting I just threw
>together with a strong Honey presence in it. I heard of people using honey
>to prime for carbonation and I was thinking about trying it to emphasize the
>keep the honey flavor in the beer. Has anyone ever tried this before? and
>if so how were the results?? I plan on using about 1/2 cup for 5 gallons..

7/8 of a cup diluted in a cup of boiling water.

It takes about a month to prime, but you get a nice head from it.


Phil

I agree that priming with honey usually will have little effect on the
taste/aroma, but it will depend on the honey. Fresh buckwheat honey, for
example from a local beekeepr that has been gently pasteurized (not
boiled!!!) should add some flavor/aroma to a lighter beer. Using the
non-descript honey from the local supermarket is bound to have no affect,
though.

--
This is grain, which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord has intended a
more divine from of consumption...
Friar Tuck

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"Michael Ellis" > wrote in message
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> I'm a fairly new home brewer and I have a batch fermenting I just threw
> together with a strong Honey presence in it. I heard of people using
honey
> to prime for carbonation and I was thinking about trying it to emphasize
the
> keep the honey flavor in the beer. Has anyone ever tried this before?
and
> if so how were the results?? I plan on using about 1/2 cup for 5 gallons..
>
>

Phil wrote in message ...
>It takes about a month to prime, but you get a nice head from it.

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I agree!