Honey Beers

• Vollstead Honey Beer
• Das Drinkenstein Honey Beer
• Non-Vollstead Honey Beer
• Das Drinkenstein Original Braggot
• Das Beine Erbrechen
• Das Drinkenstein Braggart's Braggot
• R Squared American Honey Wheat (all grain)
• Wineberry Honey Ale
• Indigo Sun Honey Ale
• Silly Old Bear Honey Wheat Ale
• Bun-In-The-Oven Dark Honey Ale

• Das Drinkenstein Vollstead honey beer

  3lbs light DME

  3cups sugar cane

  1lb clover honey

  1cup crystal malt

  1oz Cascades hops

  1oz Eroica hops

  1tsp yeast nutirent

  1tsp tea

  1pkg Edme brewing yeast

  1tsp cultured red star champagne yeast mixture

  Rates: ****

• Das Drinkenstein Honey Beer [Canoe Love] (for 5 gal)

  1 lb light malt sugar

  1 cup crystal malt

  3.5 cups cane sugar

  1.5 lbs honey

  3/4 oz hops (part held back for last 5 minutes)

  1 tsp yeast nutrient

  1 tsp gypsum

  Starting S.G. 1.032

  Racked 6/4 S.G. 1.000 (dry hopped another 3/4 oz hops)

  Bottled 6/5 S.G. 0.998

  From Eric Chris Garrison

  Rating: c++ d++ n f++ h- t+

• Das Drinkenstein No-Vollstead honey beer

  3lbs light DME

  3cups cane sugar

  1lb clover honey

  1oz Cascades hops

  1tsp tea

  1tsp yeast nutrient

  1pkg Edme brewing yeast

  1tsp cultured red star champagne yeast mixture

  OG 1.036

  bottled 1.013 10/13

  From Eric Chris Garrison

  Rating: c++ d+ n+ f++ H- t+

• Das Drinkenstein Original Braggot

  3lbs clover honey

  1 cup crystal malt

  1 cup light crystal malt

  1oz Eroica hops

  yeast nutrient

  Edme ale yeast

  OG 1.030

  racked 1.024 12/10

  bottled 1.000 12/22

  From Eric Chris Garrison

  Rating: c++ d+++ n++ f++ h t+

• Das Beine Erbrechen

  3lbs Munich light malt (grain)

  1lb crystal malt

  3lbs clover honey

  1/2oz Eroica hops (boil)

  1oz Cascades hops (boil)

  1/4oz Cascades (finish)

  Cooper's ale yeast

  OG 1.028

  bottled 1.006 4/3

  Rating: c++ d+++ n++ f+ h+ t++

  From Eric Chris Garrison

• Das Drinkenstein Braggart's Braggot
  1lb light crystal malt
  7 cups honey
  1/2oz Eroica hops (boil)
  3/4oz Saaz hops (boil
  1/4oz Saaz (finish, hop tea)
  Edme ale yeast

  O.G. 1.032
  racked 0.998 5/10
  bottled 0/998 5/19
  Rating: c++ d++ n++ f h- t+
  From Eric Chris Garrison

  R Squared American Honey Wheat
  (5.5 gallons)
  From: bunningw@hqaccdo.langley.af.mil (Bill Bunning)

  Ingredients:

  3 lbs. DWC Pale Ale Malt

  3 lbs wheat malt

  1/2 lb Carapils malt

  1/2 lb DWC Aromatic malt

  2 1/2 lbs clover honey

  1 tsp gypsum

  1/2 oz 8.0 alpha Northern Brewer (60 minutes)

  1/2 oz 3.6 alpha Fuggles (15 minutes)

  1/2 oz 3.6 alpha Fuggles (end of boil)

  suitable ale yeast (see brewers notes)

  O.G. 1.053

  F.G. 1.012

  Two-step infusion mash.

  Gypsum added to increase calcium and lower PH.

  Protein rest at 122 degrees for 30 minutes. Raise to 152 degrees for conversion and hold for 1 hour. Mash out at 165 degrees and hold for 5 minutes. Sparge with 3.5 gallons 170 degree water. Bring to a boil and add honey. Boil one hour and follow hop schedule. Chill, aerate, and pitch yeast.

  Primary fermentation: 1 week @ 68-70 degrees.

  Secondary fermentation: 2 weeks @ 68-70 degrees.

  Bottle with 7/8 cup corn sugar.

  Rates: ***

  Brewers Comments: This beer took 1st place in category at the Emerald Coast Brewfest in Ft. Walton Beach, FL, in 1994. It's been brewed 6 times with 4 different yeast strains; Yeast Lab Canadian Ale (2), Yeast Lab Dusseldorf Ale, WYeast American Ale, and BrewTek American White (2). The winning recipe was brewed with the Canadian Ale, but my personal favorite was brewed with the Dusseldorf Ale strain. It's an offshoot of Papazian's Rocky Raccoon Honey Lager that's been converted to all-grain and beefed-up. It's a golden American Wheat that's refreshing and lightly hopped. The perfect beer to brew for summer sipping.

  Wineberry Honey Ale
  From:mazurow@cs.unca.edu (Pete Mazurowski)

  Ingredients:

  6.6 lbs. Light Extract

  2.5 lbs. Clover Honey

  8.5 pints fresh Wineberries

  2.0 ozs. Cascade hops - 10 HBU

  0.5 ozs. Cascade hops - aroma

  1 tbsp. yeast nutrient

  1 tsp. Irish Moss

  1 packet Cooper's dry yeast

  Add extracts, honey, and 2.0 ozs. Cascade hops to approx. 2 gal. boiling water. Boil for 45 minutes, then add Irish Moss. Boil another 5 minutes, and add 0.5 ozs. Cascade finishing hops. Boil for another 10 minutes (1 hour total), and then remove from heat. Let cool down to about 180 degrees or so, and then add wineberries to mixture. This will pasteurize fruit & remove any unwanted yeasts, bacteria, etc. Do not add fruit directly to boiling wort, as this will cause the pectin to set and the resulting brew will be cloudy.

  Sparge wort into carboy, and add approx. 1 tablespoon yeast nutrient just to be safe. Pitch yeast when sufficiently cooled. Primary fermentation got pretty violent, but was short-lived with Cooper's yeast.

  O.G.= 1.058

  F.G.= 1.014

  primary = 7 days

  secondary = 10 days

  Beer has nice rosy color, pretty good head retention. Smooth flavor, a touch of tanginess from the berries.

  Rates:***

  Indigo Sun Honey Ale
  From:Shawn Perreault (Perogi@cyber-cinema.com)

  Ingredients:

  6# American 2-Row Malt

  1# English Torrified Wheat

  1# Cornstarch

  2# Clover Honey

  Cascade Flower Hop 1oz.@7.8%AA 19 IBU (7.8 HBU) 90 min.

  Cascade Flower Hop 1oz.@7.8%AA 15 min.(flavor)

  Step Mash Used

  2 gal.30 min.@122ƒF

  1 gal 20 min.@152ƒF

  Raise temp to 158ƒF until Conversion

  Sparge to 6.5 Gal. Boil to 5.5 gal.

  Original Gravity 1.052 @ 5.5 gal.

  Terminal Gravity 1.004 @ 5.0 gal.

  Alc. % 5.0%

  All water Distilled-Mash water add 1 Tbs. Gypsum

  -Sparge water add 1/4 tsp. lactic acid

  Force Carbonate in Keg 2.6 vol. Let mellow for 3 weeks after kegging. Wheat in recipe will not let beer become totally clear-even with finings.

  Don't let anyone drive after more than 3. This beer will kick almost anyone's butt.

  Rates: ***

  Silly Old Bear Honey Wheat Ale
  From:Kraig Krist (kkrist@bigfoot.com)

  Ingredients

  6.6 lbs Wheat malt extract

  2 lbs clover honey

  1 oz Tettnanger hop pellets (4.4%AA) - 45 minutes remaining

  1 oz German Hallertau hop pellets (3.5%AA) - 10 minutes remaining

  1/2 tsp Irish moss - final 10 minutes

  1 pkg Wyeast Weihenstephan Wheat liquid yeast

  Begin yeast at least 2 days prior to brewing. Heat 1 gallon of water to boiling. Remove kettle from heat. Stir in malt extract and 2 lbs clover honey. Do not return to heat until malt extract and clover honey are completely dissolved. Bring kettle back to boil - total boiling time is 60 minutes. With 45 minutes remaining add 1 oz Tettnanger hop pellets. With 10 minutes remaining add 1 oz German Hallertau hop pellets and 1/2 tsp Irish moss. Cool, transfer to fermenter, take hydro reading and pitch yeast. After 14 days take hydro reading and bottle. Use 7/8 cup corn sugar boiled in 2 cups of water to prime.

  Tasting

  After 2 weeks - not bad, but strong odors.

  After 3 months - tastes great! Strong odors are gone.

  After 4 months - perfect. The longer it sits the better it gets.

  After 1 year - best yet.

  Rates: Rates:****

  Bun-In-The-Oven Dark Honey Ale
  From: Darryl X., (safe_lsu@hotmail.com)
  Ingredients for 5 gallons:

  6.6 Pounds, John Bull Unhopped Wheat Syrup

  1 pound organic honey (add 20 minutes before end of boil)

  2/3 pound Belgian Special B

  1/3 pound black patent

  1/4 cup Earl Gray tea

  1 oz. Willamette hops (60 Min.)

  1/2 oz. Challenger hops (15 min.)

  1/2 oz. Challenger (1 min.)

  7/8 cup organic honey (for priming)

  Edme ale yeast

  Heat grains and tea to 170 deg. in 1 gal water, turn off heat and let sit for half an hour...Add two more gallons to brew pot, return to boil. Turn off heat, add wheat syrup. Add hops as scheduled. Pour in 1 lb. organic honey 20 minutes before end of boil. Pitch yeast at 78 deg. Prime with 7/8 cup honey boiled in water for 20 min.

  CAUTION: Edme Ale Yeast and the extra sugars from the honey can be explosive. Watch primary carefully on day one and two. Use a blow off tube to be safe.

  This is a great summertime beer. Serve colder than most ales. Refreshing. My wife's favorite beer.

  Rates:****