Priming with honey

Mashtun

I recently brewed a hefeweizen and one of the ingredients was orange blossom honey. I couldn't find it at the time but d missus stumbled across it in aldi at the weekend and i thought i might use it to prime the batch. Just wondering has anybody tried this and would it be necessary to boil it with some water prior to adding it?

irish_goat

http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2009/09/05/brewing-beer-with-honey/

Boiling seems to get rid of a lot of the flavours.

Mashtun

Well that worked out fine any way. Here's one beside a duvel (for some reason?)

irish_goat

Did you end up boiling it?

And more importantly, what does it taste like?

Mashtun

nah didn't boil it after i read the article on the link you posted, just dilluted a bit with some water heated it up to around 65°C and chucked it in at bottling.

I used one jar (340g) to prime the 22L batch and it seems to have carbonated bang on (Hefeweizens are supposed to be carbed almost twice as much as regular beers).

I think it's sensationally good but obviously i'm completely biased. It's definitley a great recipe to try, it can be found at the link below and i think there is an extract version supplied in the thread.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/orange-honey-hefeweizen-69499/

irish_goat

Looks good. I've just started fermenting a Coopers Real Ale so I might try priming a few bottles with honey. Seen maple syrup mentioned on some brewing sites too so I'll try a few bottles with some of that as well.