Ignore the honey as a "fermentable", its a flame out edition for taste and recipe would not save without a fermentable.
Procedure:
- Add water to kettle
- Boil for 10 minutes
- After flame out chill < 200F, stir in honey (preferably local honey, but its OK to use some crystalized honey that's in your cupboard going to waste)
- Chill to 170F
- Lower pH by adding lemon juice (to 4.6 or lower) - just a small squirt of lemon juice should be enough
- Add hops (2g per gallon) and let stand for 20 mins (use whatever you like or have laying around)
- Filter out hops with cheesecloth or a mesh bag
- Cool to serving temp
- Carbonate
https://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/moonshine-still-blog/how-to-make-hop-water-soda-water-with-hops
Brew day and tasting notes:
The brew day was simple, about 2 hours or less.
The final product was much better than v1. The hop flavor is much better but could probably do this with 4oz total, not 6. I may use different hops next time. I think this will be a good use for homegrown hops.
Also I think I was a little heavy on the honey, will probably back it back down to about 4oz next time.
