GeorgeB Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 In late July, I made up a honey wheat beer using the Thomas Coopers Selection wheat beer tin and two US pounds [about a kilo] of store-bought, everyday honey. Nothing else, just mixed it up the usual way to 23 litres and used the kit yeast. Bottled about two weeks ago, bulk primed with 180g of dextrose. Tried the first one after one week - the honey was very prevelant. Cracked number two [oh, OK, and numbers three and four] while watching football [uS, not Aussie Footy [biggrin] ] at two weeks. The honey is still very much there, but blending nicely with the wheat beer. I'm pretty enthused about this simple brew. Will probably reach it's best in a couple more weeks, at which time I will know better if this one needs any tweaking, like more hops or a differant yeast. Stay tuned! [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Nice one George! I for one look forward to your updates [cool] Sometimes the simplest things turn out the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Hey George, I'm impressed you're converting units for us!!! I can understand your post!!! What is store bought honey in America? In Oz it's usually Eucalyptus based honey (which apparently is pretty ordinary to brew with). I'm interested in how it turns out and if it will last your footy season! [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeB Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 I would think the our run-of-the-mill store bought honey is basically just clover honey. As for lasting the whole football season, that would be until early February! [innocent] As for converting units, I have a very good friend who lives in Brisbane, and we found out some time ago that if we don't convert for each other, we can't figure out what the other is saying!! [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishy Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 George... Completely off topic but which team do you support???? GO THE VIKINGS!!!!!![biggrin] [biggrin] [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Not off topic Squishy, post # 1 [cool] I used to watch it on SBS back in the day when Don Lane hosted the NFL... was a fan of the Giants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeB Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 Well, I'm originally from Baltimore, MD, so...GO RAVENS!![biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeB Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Just some thoughts now that this one is in the bottle for about a month - next time I'll throw in some maltodextrine for body. It's a bit thin. Still undecided if I want to add some hops or not - I don't want to cover up the honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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