I did this yesterday, it's a beer i'll be bottling and putting away 'til Christmas, it's ended up at 1052 and there is still some honey to be added. It's gonna be a monster beer.
5KG Golden Promise
500g Carapils
500g Mealnoidin
60g Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 60 mins
40g Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 00 mins added during cooling at 80c with the IC turned off for 15 mins
When primary is almost complete i'll be adding 2kg of honey and lowering the temperature a couple of degrees in an effort to prevent to much
gassing off of the honey volatiles.
I added 1.05 kg of honey last night (11/07/08) as fermentation had considerably slowed, i'll give it a few more days and do the same again and maybe pitch a fresh pack of yeast
I added the second 1.05kg of honey last night (16/07/08) with a second pack of yeast just in case. It all looks and smells great so fingers crossed on a brew that came to me in a moment of madness lol
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I've not tried honey in home brewed beer yet but it's on my "to do" list. 2kg of honey will be an additional 25 gravity points in 23l of beer, if you don't like the taste you could always run your car on it over Christmas!
Lol, i've already toyed with Nelson Sauvin and honey together John and they seemed to work nicely.
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