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Recipe: Northern Lights Honey Ale

This light, fruity ale highlights honey and honey-driven peach and apricot flavors against a clean, biscuit-like background.

Josh Weikert Mar 15, 2023 - 3 min read

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If possible, source some blueberry-blossom honey rather than a fruit-infused honey—the flavor it imparts is closer to tart apricot than blueberries. Despite the lack of actual fruit in this recipe, you should notice a pronounced stone-fruit character in the finished product.

For more brewing up some fruit character in your beer without using actual fruit, see Faking the Fruit.

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