ended up with extra honey from mead, so thought maybe make a honey lager. never used honey in a beer, so looking for some ideas on amount to use, how to use utilize it, and recipe thoughts for a pale honey lager.
I have used up to 1# in a 5G batch. It dries it out pretty good. Flavor impact is subtle if any. As I recall Beersmith did a pretty good job predicting the FG impact of adding the honey.
figured it would work similar yo belgian candy or other. iv ehad a few honey ales and lagers. my wife likes them and likes a local fat heads called bumbleberry quite well. its a honey ale with blueberry that’s not too bad at all.
Either of Barry’s whitehouse honey recipes are good.
I will look for them, thanks.
The earlier you add the honey in the process the less honey flavor/aroma will end up in the beer. I add a bit of honeymalt in any honey beer that I brew.
Friday I had some of the Robert Earl Keene Honey Pale ale that was great with authentic szechuan… There was a honeyed finish in both flavor and mouthfeel to the beer.
Fairly sure they didn’t accomplish that with just honey.
Best bet is to prime with honey.