Not quite honey

[TXfanatic]

I have a bit over 2 gallons of sugarwater/honey that i extracted this fall. I cannot sell it as honey and it's too late to feed it back to the bees. I was thinking of making a mead. Have any of you used not quite honey as a base? if so what adjustments to a recipe did you make?

When i tasted this it has a waxy/sugar taste. I dont know what it'll do in a wine but at this point I am going to need the fridge space soon

Thanks
Steve

 

[Deezil]

So the bees just didnt get it evaporated enough to cap it?

If so, just thin it to SG of 1.085 & treat it like a normal mead... Only it'll have potential to be one of the best flippin meads as its not processed or been heated at all

 

[WVMountaineerJack]

Take it outside and freeze it until the spring, why make a crappy mead from sugarwater? You might make a regular wine from it, just dont call it mead, or even add it to the start of a beer or add some koolaide and have a refreshing drink but please dont give mead a bad rep by using sugarwater. If you put honeybeehealthy in there its already flavored WVMJ

 

[TXfanatic]

Deezil,
as a rookie (newbee) beekeeper ......when I fed the bees sugar water in the spring they stored it as if it was nectar. I didn't realize that I pulled the super off that I had on during the time I was feeding and extracted it. So it it mostly sugar. It does have a hint of honey taste tho.


Jack, yep I could put it outside till spring and feed it then, I don't know why I didn't think of that. All I really need is the space in the fridge. And your right..It wouldn't be a mead if I used the sugar water/honey. and nope...no honeybeehealthy in it lol

I do have some honey that I could make a real mead with I'll probably go that route. I just need to do some research on mead making. I don't want to screw up the little honey I have lol

Thanks Steve