wherry with honey
wherry with honey
hi all i have heard about brewing woodfords wherry with honey what sort of honey and how much should be used
soon be dead thank beer for that no pain where im going 
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Barloch
Re: wherry with honey
I put a jar of tesco cheap honey into both a Sundew and a St Peter's Ruby, i brewed for 2 weeks and when bottled put the usual half spoonful of brewing sugar
I found that the additional of the honey made the sundew into fizzy nonsense and basically destroyed it, it might have to do with the natural yeasts in the honey that made the 2nd fermentation too potent, on hinesight i maybe should have left it a bit longer in the FV to let the natural yeast die down, if i were to add to a 2 tin kit, i would use golden syrup as, and i may be wrong and other posters might fill in the blanks, it does not contain the natural yeasts
I have been trying to get through the sundew without the need to put the lot down the sink, you don't even get to really enjoy the beer, as it just fizzies on your tongue, not that pleasant
The Ruby faired a bit better, a tad too fizzy but not as much as the woodfordes kit
It might be the cheap tesco honey or the FV been only 2 weeks in, but i would be hesitant to use honey again to pump up the alcohol % and try to add a honey taste to the original kit,
I found that the additional of the honey made the sundew into fizzy nonsense and basically destroyed it, it might have to do with the natural yeasts in the honey that made the 2nd fermentation too potent, on hinesight i maybe should have left it a bit longer in the FV to let the natural yeast die down, if i were to add to a 2 tin kit, i would use golden syrup as, and i may be wrong and other posters might fill in the blanks, it does not contain the natural yeasts
I have been trying to get through the sundew without the need to put the lot down the sink, you don't even get to really enjoy the beer, as it just fizzies on your tongue, not that pleasant
The Ruby faired a bit better, a tad too fizzy but not as much as the woodfordes kit
It might be the cheap tesco honey or the FV been only 2 weeks in, but i would be hesitant to use honey again to pump up the alcohol % and try to add a honey taste to the original kit,
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AnthonyUK
Re: wherry with honey
I personally wouldn't mess with it too much.
Do you think it would be improved with honey? I would probably only add a small hop addition.
Do you think it would be improved with honey? I would probably only add a small hop addition.
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PaddyX21
Re: wherry with honey
I used the Honey to up the OG a little as I slightly overfilled the FV beyond the 23L mark.
I think I used somewhere between 200-300g of a cheapo clear honey.
End result - you can't really taste the honey tbh, but you can smell it funnily enough!
The smell is fading over time, and it's possible that if I had left the beer to mature for a proper length of time before getting in amongst it then I wouldn't have noticed it at all!
My educated guess would be that if you used it in a lighter starting beer, possibly a one rather than two can kit, and in greater quantity, then you'd definitely get a nice honey 'kick'.
Would I do the same again - probably not.
I think I used somewhere between 200-300g of a cheapo clear honey.
End result - you can't really taste the honey tbh, but you can smell it funnily enough!
The smell is fading over time, and it's possible that if I had left the beer to mature for a proper length of time before getting in amongst it then I wouldn't have noticed it at all!
My educated guess would be that if you used it in a lighter starting beer, possibly a one rather than two can kit, and in greater quantity, then you'd definitely get a nice honey 'kick'.
Would I do the same again - probably not.