people worry about honey that's raw, but there's no reason too.Ok thanks folks. I'll go ahead with it then. It's worth a go for $1.29/lb of local honey I think.
Probably a very messy experience will result. Honey is routinely "spun" from comb that's had the caps cut off and the late Brother Adam (bee breeding and mead making) of Buckfast Abbey, used to make his meads with just the capping/comb washings. Though whether the actual process of washing the combs/cappings was to crush and rinse or just rinse whole would be anyones guess.We just made a mead this week and I had bought some of the comb honey for fun this fall, I dropped it into the vat from some steamed blackberries and the caps melted right off and the honey came out and just left the comb behind which was easily removed. If we get our own bees one day I think we will just cut off the comb and add it straight off into the must and crush it up a bit. I wonder how much of a mess a grape crusher would turn into crushing honeycomb Cracked
You can always warm it up and filter it yourself but why not just use it as is after you warm it up a little to get it to be pourable, all the bug parts are going to settle out with the gross lees anyway. We use raw filtered honey just because that is what our local beeguys have but if we get our own hives I plan on just crushing the comb into the must and letting everything go from there, bug parts, comb etc should all settle out or float away (I think, havent done it like that yet). Cracked
Wanting to try my hand at some mead.
I can make a decent buy on some local bulk honey. I was told it is unfiltered and will be the consistency of shortening.
Can I/should I consider using this for mead making??
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