With local-honey production back in style, brewers are embracing the phenomenon by crafting distinctive honey-tinged beers, said Laura Kiniry in Draft. Heck, even the White House has jumped on the trend, using honey from the First Lady’s South Lawn kitchen garden for a home-brewed honey ale. Beers in just about every style are now being made with honey, which often rounds out the taste without noticeably sweetening it.
Honey B’s Lavender Wheat The winner of a recent homebrew competition, this wheat-style beer from Samuel Adams has a “tart, citrusy base” softened by honey, vanilla, and lavender petals.
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