Lawrence Brewers Guild

Brew: 5 gallon-All Grain Honey Wheat

I've done about 3 extract honey wheats in the past. And I've never been happy with the "honey flavor" in the beer...partly cause i always followed the recipe and added during boil.

Now, that I've moved on to all grain...I wanna try and get a more pronounced honey flavor (though...not too sweet!!)

I'm thinking about adding a pound of honey during the secondary fermentation stage....and not at all during the boil process.

Any thoughts??

I have added honey with good results by adding to the primary fermenter at high krausen. No need to "stir" it in the action of fermentation will disperse the honey around and it has no problem dissolving. Finally there is some "debate" about will adding honey potentially infect the beer. I have always said absolutely not, honey is extremely hygroscopic and there is only one microorganism, that I know of, that can survive it honey. It is no danger to beer.

I believe in most cases "secondary fermentation" is a waste of time, labor, and adds another opportunity for oxidization or infection. More over, what most (like 99%) people call "secondary fermentation" isn't that. What they are really doing is storing/aging in a second vessel like a "bright tank".

Thanks Frank!!!

k...so I'll try adding to primary