Name: Honey Ale
Ingredients: ½ tsp white sugar per bottle, for priming; 1 small handful of hops (15 g/½ oz) – made up of two-thirds bittering hops, and one-third aroma hops; 200 g/7 oz/generous ½ cup pasteurized honey; ale or brewer’s yeast; 100 g/3½ oz/¾ cup crushed crystal malt; 450 g/1 lb/1¼ cups liquid malt extract (light or amber)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brew it Yourself

By Richard Hood and Nick Moyle

Published 2024

About

Craft brewers often look at combining sugary ingredients with grains to alter the characteristics of their beers, but few of these ingredients are as rewarding as honey. It can add a lightness to any beer style, bringing with it a delicate taste of honey and subtle floral aromas. This beer is simple to make, but the resulting drink will get you buzzing – and if you’re as impressed with it as we are, see what adding honey can do to other beer styles.