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Title: Describe Your Honey
Post by: MrILoveTheAnts on July 03, 2007, 04:11:49 PM
Describe this year's batch of honey. The taste and color.

This year is the closest we've gotten to that perfect golden color but it's a few tints to light. The taste is very sweet but has a fruit-like flavor to it, almost like cherries.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: KONASDAD on July 03, 2007, 04:18:42 PM
Being around the bend from you, my honey is very lite w/ fruity taste. I think its from the exceptional fruit(cherry/apple) and locust blooms this year in our immediate area. They are working clover like crazy this week after the rain last week.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: Bennettoid on July 03, 2007, 05:08:46 PM
She's about 5' 7", 125lbs, brown hair, blue eyes and SHE MUST BE OBEYED!!
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: abejaruco on July 03, 2007, 05:16:19 PM
Exquisite, fine and floral, well-balanced, aromatic old golden honey, that is well rounded and robust. Smooth and versatile, presenting a spicy nose with a hint of eucalyptus, it may be consumed young, finishing in the mouth. :roll:
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: doak on July 03, 2007, 08:29:27 PM
All mine so far this year has been dark to very dark with a mild nutty flavor.
doak
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: bluegrass on July 03, 2007, 09:16:03 PM
Quote from: Bennettoid on July 03, 2007, 05:08:46 PM
She's about 5' 7", 125lbs, brown hair, blue eyes and SHE MUST BE OBEYED!!
Come on people....now that was funny......and they just go on discribing honey like there is nothing else in the world :shock:
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: Dane Bramage on July 03, 2007, 09:41:55 PM
Color =
(http://i12.tinypic.com/4zd3uhh.jpg)

taste = (http://www.bewarethecheese.com/juicyfruit.jpg)

Source = Oregon wetlands blackberry, wildflower & surrounding suburbia.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: MrILoveTheAnts on July 04, 2007, 12:29:01 AM
Quote from: bluegrass on July 03, 2007, 09:16:03 PM
Quote from: Bennettoid on July 03, 2007, 05:08:46 PM
She's about 5' 7", 125lbs, brown hair, blue eyes and SHE MUST BE OBEYED!!
Come on people....now that was funny......and they just go on discribing honey like there is nothing else in the world :shock:

Yes but who didn't see that joke coming a mile away.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: jl on July 04, 2007, 12:53:24 AM

I liked the joke Bennettoid, and my honey must also be obeyed or she ferments, just don't tell her I said that!!!! :-D

Jeff
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: gunny on July 04, 2007, 08:54:50 AM
This spring's honey here is dark, smells like strawberries and is very thick.  Taste is a little on the strong side but what I would call most excellent.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: Fannbee on July 04, 2007, 03:37:55 PM
My honey is likes Doak, so far this year it has been dark with a vwey nutty flavor.     I did a cutout, close to the Alabama line and it was the same tasting.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: Beaches Bee-Haven Apiary on July 05, 2007, 12:28:12 PM
Color: Not too dark, not too light. A perfect rich golden honey color.

Taste: Rich, Vibrant, Floral.

-Nathanael 8-)
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: Scadsobees on July 05, 2007, 02:35:26 PM
Spring honey: light gold, when extracting smells like menthol, tastes somewhat minty and fruity, stronger flavored, makes wonderful mead.
Summer honey: golden, smooth, creamy tasting, usually the favorite honey.
Fall honey: dark gold, tastes and smells like dirty gym socks...mmmmmm.....

Extracting this spring's honey this weekend, I'll know more by then.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: JP on July 05, 2007, 02:40:02 PM
I've harvested some from last fall that was dark amber and mostly chinese tallow with a little citrus, harvested some about 1 and a half months ago that was medium amber and again mostly tallow, with hint of citrus. Last night, another harvest, golden color, smooth, sweet and a touch of citrus. All so far, harvested about 12-13 gallons.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: JP on July 05, 2007, 02:43:57 PM
Oh, forgot about the honey I harvested from one of my swarm traps. It was light in color, mild, with a touch of citrus. I did a removal last week and couldn't stop eating this honey, very citrus like, very very good.
Title: Re: Describe Your Honey
Post by: TwT on July 05, 2007, 06:49:43 PM
the drought was so bad this year, I have reddish honey, tulip poplar is were that comes from, its been a sad year for honey, thought I had plenty but went all was said and done only got 6 medium supers filled out of 15... bad year here in Georgia for honey..