boil the honey?
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:09 PM
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:12 PM
Edited by ewanzel, 27 March 2009 - 01:13 PM.
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:13 PM
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:14 PM
cool, i'd really appreciate it. i'll look for the book next time i'm at the lhbs!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.
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:14 PM
glad i asked! a billion crying bees is bad.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 - 01:16 PM
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:20 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 youjust 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 - 01:26 PM
FWIW, Schramm states to add the honey at flameoutcool, 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 - 01:52 PM
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:54 PM
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 02:35 PM
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Posted 01 April 2009 - 04:30 PM
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Posted 02 April 2009 - 09:16 AM
That's 86-104 in Fahrenheit, for the rest of usI'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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