Like you and playgrounds, schools, malls, etc etc?max wrote:
for adding honey to beer OP should be banned from going near beer ever again
Last edited by David.P (2008-02-24 15:08:09)
Is that tricky to do? And easy to kill yourself doing? I really need to get into making my own beer, that'd be awesome, especially being a poor university student.Schwarzelungen wrote:
my roommate and i distill our own vodka on occasion....its awesome
It smooths the taste, and bumps up the alc %.max wrote:
for making this stupid comment I should be banned from going near beer ever again
Not here in the US, You can't sell it with out a license.Funky_Finny wrote:
Isn't brewing illegal?
From a Scott? Shame on youFunky_Finny wrote:
Isn't brewing illegal?
Last edited by KylieTastic (2008-02-25 14:20:41)
Reinheitsgebot! Only water, barley and hops belong in beer. Everything else should be considered lemonade.SgtHeihn wrote:
It smooths the taste, and bumps up the alc %.max wrote:
for making this stupid comment I should be banned from going near beer ever again
Honeyâs Contributions to Beer
Why add honey to beer? For the most part, the brewer adds honey for the same reasons that you would add any sugar: to raise the alcoholic content of beer while lightening the body. The goal may also be to add some sweetness. But honey ferments out so completely (95% of the carbohydrates) that very little honey character will be left in the beer ÷ unless you take special precautions.
In fact, many honey beers have no residual sweetness. So the essential rule is, if you want a lot of honey character, add diluted, heat-treated honey to the primary fermenter (more on how to heat honey later). And if you want more alcohol, add honey to the boil.
The real strength of honey is that it adds potency and lightness to beer, as other sugars do, yet smoothes out the roughness that inevitably comes from adding sugar. Weâve found that honey also seems to knock the bitter edge off the hops while allowing some of the more subtle hop character to come through. Of course, if you want a strongly hoppy honey beer, you can always add more high-alpha-acid hops to the kettle. Honey also adds subtle floral notes and aroma to beer, thanks to the various pollens and nectars used by bees in its production.
from http://byo.com/feature/924.html
I know, but I am in America, and I follow my own beer laws! Plus if you follow that to the letter you would not have any beer we drink today.max wrote:
Reinheitsgebot! Only water, barley and hops belong in beer. Everything else should be considered lemonade.SgtHeihn wrote:
It smooths the taste, and bumps up the alc %.max wrote:
for making this stupid comment I should be banned from going near beer ever again
Honeyâs Contributions to Beer
Why add honey to beer? For the most part, the brewer adds honey for the same reasons that you would add any sugar: to raise the alcoholic content of beer while lightening the body. The goal may also be to add some sweetness. But honey ferments out so completely (95% of the carbohydrates) that very little honey character will be left in the beer ÷ unless you take special precautions.
In fact, many honey beers have no residual sweetness. So the essential rule is, if you want a lot of honey character, add diluted, heat-treated honey to the primary fermenter (more on how to heat honey later). And if you want more alcohol, add honey to the boil.
The real strength of honey is that it adds potency and lightness to beer, as other sugars do, yet smoothes out the roughness that inevitably comes from adding sugar. Weâve found that honey also seems to knock the bitter edge off the hops while allowing some of the more subtle hop character to come through. Of course, if you want a strongly hoppy honey beer, you can always add more high-alpha-acid hops to the kettle. Honey also adds subtle floral notes and aroma to beer, thanks to the various pollens and nectars used by bees in its production.
from http://byo.com/feature/924.html
Last edited by SgtHeihn (2008-02-25 14:31:34)
It has yeast in it, that was added later to the law.max wrote:
Thats why american beer generally tastes boring and as if its been mixed with coke or something.
Thats interesting, the beer I have in front of me right now does comply with it (as stated and by looking at the ingredients).
at the point they drafted the law, they didn't know about the existence of yeast ...SgtHeihn wrote:
It has yeast in it, that was added later to the law.max wrote:
Thats why american beer generally tastes boring and as if its been mixed with coke or something.
Thats interesting, the beer I have in front of me right now does comply with it (as stated and by looking at the ingredients).
Also I don't like American beer, it does taste like water. Unless I wan to just have a quick beer, I will choose Guinness or Smithwicks.
Fixed.KylieTastic wrote:
From a 15 year old Scott? Oh wait..Funky_Finny wrote:
Isn't brewing illegal?
Not quite. Distilling (as in making rum, whiskey, etc) without a license is illegal. You can brew quite a bit of your own beer in the US (a couple hundred gallons a year or so I think, someone correct me if I'm wrong), however you cannot sell the beer you brew.SgtHeihn wrote:
Not here in the US, You can't sell it with out a license.Funky_Finny wrote:
Isn't brewing illegal?