INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Boil honey and 3 gallons water with 3 ounces hops for 47 minutes, add  1
ounce  last 7 minutes. Before adding hops, skim off the scum that  rises to
the top. Cool and pour into fermenter and top to 5 gallons.  Add acid
blend, nutrients and re-hydrated yeast. When fermentation completes, mix
with 1 cup sugar, a little yeast and bottle. This was the very first beer I
ever made and 7 years ago most people  I knew didn't worry about the
bittering units of the hops. I would  guess that they were around 3% AAU's.
Red star was the main yeast used at  the time. Yeast nutrient is necessary
since the honey does  not  have  the required food for the beasties. I used
buckwheat honey because  I  like the flavor. Do not drink this beer until
at least 1 month after  bottl- ing. Since it is made from honey the ale
improves with age.  A  bottle that I saved for 4 and a half years tasted so
good that I wish  I  had saved more! The beer had a very nice honey aroma
and flavor.  The  hops were enough to balance the sweetness. I don't think
that I would  change anything except try to make more and keep it a while
before drinking. Original Gravity: 1.031 Final Gravity: 0.997
Recipe By     : David Haberman
From: Big Flavors Of The Hot Sun By Chr
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

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