NEED A REALLY GOOD DEAL ON HONEY

[Waldo]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300145865255

 

[masta]

Any honey that is good quality for a little over 3 bucks a pound shipped to your house is a sweet deal...thanks Waldo!

 

[smurfe]

Well, we willsee just how good it is.

Thanks for the tip Waldo.

 

[Wade E]

Is this stuff really any better than what you buy at say BJ's cause I get it for $3.99 for 3lbs. there with no shipping and it says raw clover honey on it to and without having to pay the shipping is a lot cheaper.

 

[Waldo]

Will let you know how good it is as soon as I get my order in.

 

[smurfe]

Is this stuff really any better than what you buy at say BJ's cause I get it for $3.99 for 3lbs. there with no shipping and it says raw clover honey on it to and without having to pay the shipping is a lot cheaper.

Dunno Wade, probably not. Honey is expensive here. For me that is a pretty good price. I ordered some and will see how it is.

 

[masta]

Not all honey is created equal and at one time I had 5 different ones and it was amazing the difference in taste and aromas between them.


Until I did this I though honey was just honey!

Edited by: masta

 

[Waldo]

If anyone has any quesations about the honey they can be contacted at
[email protected]

 

[smurfe]

Waldo, did you order some of this honey? If so, what you gonna do with it? I ordered a 9 lb batch andnow am contemplating what kind of Mead to make.

 

[Waldo]

Indeed I did smurfe and I found it to be some great honey. I am using it in my "Experimental Port" in lieu of sugar.

 

[sharpstick]

that's equivalent to $37 per gallon with shipping.

there are better prices out there.

i never bother with anything smaller than 5 gallon batches.

i usually buy in 5 gal pails.

http://www.dutchgoldhoney.com has them for $75 to $90 with shipping to florida for $31. (equivalent to $21 per gallon)

(beware sleazy honey sellers who adulterate with corn syrup. i
would like to think that a high ebay rating would help to avoid that. )

if you search ebay for honey and 60, you will find 60 lb pails
that have sold for as low as $64 + $46(to FL) equivalent to about
$22 per gallon.

 

[RkyMtnWine]

Ok Waldo... your fault.. you got me interested in the honey stuff to mix with my blueberry... I am just going to let my blueberry sit until I hear from you experienced mead makers. Last spring I was messing around doing a little research on honey bees.... collapsed hive disease... and all that... eventually I started learning about the worlds best honey and all the information I gathered was that the Lavender Honey from France tops them all... well, at that time I did find outlets that sold it... no longer have that information... blah blah.. anyway. You know whats next... need to bend some ears on this mead/blueberry stuff.

 

[vcasey]

The best honey you can find will be whatever you can get locally. I tend to use a lot of Orange Blossom Honey because I live in Florida and we have lots of local places that sell the stuff. However I've have great success using mail order, heath store and Sam's honey.
Here are a couple of places I've had success with:
http://www.lltupelohoney.com/index.htm
http://www.fruitwoodorchardshoney.com/honey_products.html
and the national locator:
http://www.honeylocator.com/
Next on my list is a blueberry melomel with orange blossom honey so good luck with yours.
VPC

 

[vcasey]

I just noticed you are in Colorado. Redstone Meadery is in Boulder and I'll bet that could help you find some local honey. Also try this place http://www.wildorganics.net/ambrosiahoneyco.aspx
VPC

 

[Wade E]

Making A Blueberry</span> Mead (Melomel</span>)
I made a batch of this and then another where I modified it a little mainly by adding more blueberries. They are both awesome.

 

[vcasey]

That's very close to what I'm doing except I'll start with a traditional mead first and then add the blueberries in the secondary, unless I get lazy. Right now I'm planning to use 1 1/2 lbs per gallon but that could change. My game plan is to make this and a blackberry melomel with enough leftover to blend the extra together after they have fermented.
VPC

 

[dfwwino]

I think adding honey in lieu of sugar in fruit wines (i.e., melomel) is a great way to add body and complexity to simple fruits. For the past several years, each year I have made five gallons of peach wine with sugaradjustments and five gallons of peach wine with 6 lbs of honey. The peach melomel always tastes better and is more complex. Plain peach wine is not very complex and is a bit thin in body. Because I use the same crop of peaches and have done this comparison for several years, I've decided in the future to always make peach melomel rather than peach wine.

 

[RkyMtnWine]

Good morning
Not sure if you noticed my thread about blending my current 2 gallons of blueberry with a mead wine... I believe I am going to back off on that. The blueberry I have now appears to have quite a bit of CO2... think I will degass it and add a couple campdens and see if it settles down. After that I am thinking I would like to backsweeten it with honey to about 1,005. Would be interested in an opinion on that... thanks

 

[vcasey]

Do you like the wine now? You can always experiment a little on a small scale and add some honey and some wine to a glass and taste test. Honestly I'd just make a blueberry mead and leave the wine alone not because I don't think the idea is good but because I really like blueberry wine. Maybe when I make some more I'll test out adding some honey to sweeten the wine.
VPC

 

[Wade E]

I think sweetening it with honey will give it a little more body and make a tad bit of difference from using sugar. Why dont yo pour 2 glasses and add honey to 1 and sugar to the other and see what tickles your fancy. It wont be the same as a Mead but will give you an idea of the difference honey can make. Also, PM me with your address and Ill try to get a Blueberry mead up to ya after the holidays.