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#1 awall

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:09 PM

i had a braggot up in maine last summer and it was amazing. now you guys have me jonesing to try to brew this mead/beer monster. quick question because i've seen instructions both ways: when you work with large volumes of honey, do you put it in the boil, or wait until flameout and just dissolve it in then? thanks!ps, if anyone has braggot recipes i'd love to see them.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:12 PM

I can PM you the 2 in Ken Schrahm's book if you want, but you really should by the book. Radical Brewing also has a few recipes, but I haven't brewed any of them.

Edited by ewanzel, 27 March 2009 - 01:13 PM.


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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:13 PM

NOOOOOOO!!!!Boiling honey makes the bees cry. You don't want the bees to cry, do you? :)When making mead, over a gallon of honey, I don't even heat the water. I've never really thought about the merits of chilling a braggot and then adding the honey. It's probably not going to make much difference over adding it at flameout, but I definitely wouldn't boil it.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:14 PM

I can PM you the 2 in Ken Schrahm's book if you want, but you really should by the book. Radical Brewing also has a few recipes, but I haven't brewed any of them.

cool, i'd really appreciate it. i'll look for the book next time i'm at the lhbs!

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:14 PM

NOOOOOOO!!!!Boiling honey makes the bees cry. You don't want the bees to cry, do you? :)When making mead, over a gallon of honey, I don't even heat the water. I've never really thought about the merits of chilling a braggot and then adding the honey. It's probably not going to make much difference over adding it at flameout, but I definitely wouldn't boil it.

glad i asked! a billion crying bees is bad.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:16 PM

just warm it up with the water to get it all into solutioni've also done it no warming - just mix with water - shake furiously - add yeast and bam!seems to work good both ways

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:20 PM

just warm it up with the water to get it all into solutioni've also done it no warming - just mix with water - shake furiously - add yeast and bam!seems to work good both ways

cool, for the braggot i'll add it after i get below 100F as i'm chilling, when i try your mead recipe i'll just warm the water. thank you

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:26 PM

cool, for the braggot i'll add it after i get below 100F as i'm chilling, when i try your mead recipe i'll just warm the water. thank you

FWIW, Schramm states to add the honey at flameout

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:52 PM

No boiling.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:54 PM

In honey processing, if the honey goes over 120* it can't be sold as raw anymore. I'd keep it below that number.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 02:35 PM

additionally boiling the honey will remove the aromatics and a lot of the character...at that point you might as well go to sams and get over processed honey off the shelf

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Posted 01 April 2009 - 04:30 PM

I've had some issue with the honey mixing as well, so I usually just heat some water up to get the water temp to about 30-40* and that does the trick.

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Posted 02 April 2009 - 09:16 AM

I've had some issue with the honey mixing as well, so I usually just heat some water up to get the water temp to about 30-40* and that does the trick.

That's 86-104 in Fahrenheit, for the rest of us :devil:


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