Honey in beer?

The hooha man · Post by **The hooha man** » Wednesday Feb 23, 2005 9:11 pm

Thanks for info guys,found a nice selection of organic honey at the local

Cheers

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thursday Feb 24, 2005 1:56 pm

Dogger,
You're probably right re "Pure" Honey, but it worries me when supermarket honey is still runny in the middle of winter. Much of our supermarket honey is labelled as an Oz plus imported blend without saying where the imported bit comes from - hence my reticence to use it when I can go to a local beekeeper.

Re do you boil the honey? - I just add to the wort prior to topping with water and have had no problems.

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Thursday Feb 24, 2005 10:10 pm

Jeff,

I boil mine

Dogger

The hooha man · Post by **The hooha man** » Thursday Feb 24, 2005 10:24 pm

can i use the honey unboiled?

into the fermentor

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Friday Feb 25, 2005 1:31 am

I like to boil it as it does a couple of things

1. I can get rid of the albumin
2. It gives me a sense of security that I have killed any nasty bacteria that might be around.

That doesn't mean to say that you can't just dump it in, I have no proof to argue for or against.

Dogger