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#252833 - 01/18/12 06:33 PM
Re: Does adding honey increase fermentation time?
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i would wait another two weeks, so the yeast has time to finish munching on the sugars in the honey you added.
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#252879 - 01/18/12 09:39 PM
Re: Does adding honey increase fermentation time?
[Re: Sythreil]
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I currently have a pale ale at 2 weeks fermentation. I added 1 cup of honey at 7 days. The brew is very clear with no visible sedimen. My question is, do I need to wait another week to bottle due to the honey addition or am I good to go? Why add the honey at 7 days?
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#252917 - 01/19/12 09:17 AM
Re: Does adding honey increase fermentation time?
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Yeah if you added it at 7 days I would give it another week just to be safe, it won't harm your beer and could will just further ferment out anything that's been leftover.
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#252950 - 01/19/12 02:16 PM
Re: Does adding honey increase fermentation time?
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I currently have a pale ale at 2 weeks fermentation. I added 1 cup of honey at 7 days. The brew is very clear with no visible sedimen. My question is, do I need to wait another week to bottle due to the honey addition or am I good to go? Why add the honey at 7 days? I have done that before. In theory the yeast will eat simple sugars before they will eat more complex ones. If they eat the simpler sugars first, they may become lazy and not finish up the complex ones. That being said, I have tried it boh ways and haven't noticed any differences. Not sure if that was his reason, but it is a theory I've heard. I've also read that you don't get any hone flavor if you put it in early but that you do if you put it in later. I've never done a test on it, so I don't know if it's true.
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#253597 - 01/24/12 10:54 AM
Re: Does adding honey increase fermentation time?
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there is no way they got properly carbed in one day and no, they will not carb at fridge temps. The bottles are supposed to get hard, you just don't want them deforming. Generally my bottles get hard within a couple of days of bottling but I let them ride for at least 2 weeks.
if it were me, i would pull them out and put them in a cooler and let them go at least a week, checking on them daily. If you start to see any deformation, fridge them ASAP, otherwise, lte them ride until you want to fridge them.
why did you want to carb with honey? it doesnt have a standard sugar level, some honey can be different than others so you may have put in way too much sugar. next time just use something with a known fermentation percentage like table or corn sugar.
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