Erisian Brewer's Cadre. Or: How I saw the Goddess in the first place

[Jenne]

So I should put this opportunity out there for prospective honey buyers.  My father is about to harvest between 100 and 150 pounds of honey from the bees he keeps.  It's legitimately the best honey I've ever tasted, with it mostly being made of clover on the lawn and the herbs/fruits in his huge garden.  It's spicy and tastes almost like cinnamon.  I think he's asking for $8/lb, which is pricey I know, but if anyone is interested I'll see if I can float any your way.

I'd be interested...I wouldn't make mead out of it but we love good honey.  And I like helping out mom n pop operations.  Flow me details via pm?

[Richter]

So I should put this opportunity out there for prospective honey buyers.  My father is about to harvest between 100 and 150 pounds of honey from the bees he keeps.  It's legitimately the best honey I've ever tasted, with it mostly being made of clover on the lawn and the herbs/fruits in his huge garden.  It's spicy and tastes almost like cinnamon.  I think he's asking for $8/lb, which is pricey I know, but if anyone is interested I'll see if I can float any your way.

When is he harvesting / need payment?  I'd be down for 2-4 lbs for my next cyser.  (Will whore out more to the locals, but liek with drugs, need to do a taste first   )

[Suu]

So I should put this opportunity out there for prospective honey buyers.  My father is about to harvest between 100 and 150 pounds of honey from the bees he keeps.  It's legitimately the best honey I've ever tasted, with it mostly being made of clover on the lawn and the herbs/fruits in his huge garden.  It's spicy and tastes almost like cinnamon.  I think he's asking for $8/lb, which is pricey I know, but if anyone is interested I'll see if I can float any your way.

That's actually pretty reasonable for fresh honey.

Putting it in the fridge won't completely kill the fermentation.
It only puts the yeast to sleep.
Once they're warmed up again (taken out of the fridge) they wake back up and that's where you can run into bottle bombs.
You should let fermentation run it's course and if you think it's going too far, pull it off the yeast cake and into another container for a bit till it settles.

I just don't want it to dry out too much. I need to taste it. I'll do that Sunday probably.

Richter: Enzo's cider isn't doing to hot either. He's thinking the fermentation is going VERY slow, so he's leaving it in the carboy a minimum of a year.

[Richter]

I'm jsut not getting good flavor out of it.  I think if I ferment longer it will just become nasty sharp.  We'll have to meet up and shop talk.

[Suu]

It makes me wonder if you should add sugar or something to cider. Seriously. It never seems to start right.

[Richter]

Yeah, might need more of a kick.  May re-carboy and sugar 2 gallons....

[Eater of Clowns]

He's borrowing an extractor (in exchange for 5lbs) this weekend.  I think he intends to heat it up overnight and actually harvest it on Monday.  As for when he gets it jarred and such, I'd expect Wednesday.

Jenne, I think I've shipped one item in my life, so if you have any secrets of a practical postage, I'll do whatever you prefer.

Richter, I can mail yours, I can deliver it in person, or I can try to trebuchet it precisely into your window (cost of trebuchet construction and any (re: all) shattered honey jars are also on you).  I'm also not entirely familiar with your address quite yet so I'll just end up covering all of Federal Hill in honey.

[Richter]

I have considered your proposal very carefully.  You may fire at will.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

So I should put this opportunity out there for prospective honey buyers.  My father is about to harvest between 100 and 150 pounds of honey from the bees he keeps.  It's legitimately the best honey I've ever tasted, with it mostly being made of clover on the lawn and the herbs/fruits in his huge garden.  It's spicy and tastes almost like cinnamon.  I think he's asking for $8/lb, which is pricey I know, but if anyone is interested I'll see if I can float any your way.

I would like a lb of this honey.
I have a thing about trying honeys from no-name little guys.
NEED.
PM please

[Choptop]

Reading you guys talk about honey concoctions all the time has piqued my interest, so I just threw together my first basic non-beer brewing project.  A little under a gallon of apple juice, 2 pounds of clover honey, and some Munton's ale yeast I already had in the fridge.  I mixed it in the juice bottle and I'm using the balloon trick as an airlock.  About how many weeks should I let it sit before I venture to take a taste?

[Kai]

Reading you guys talk about honey makes me think of the honey sale the College Town entomology club had several weeks ago. We had many gallons, not sure what the weight was.

[Suu]

I have considered your proposal very carefully.  You may fire at will.

Great, now if he misses, I could very well be in the line of fire.

[Suu]

Reading you guys talk about honey concoctions all the time has piqued my interest, so I just threw together my first basic non-beer brewing project.  A little under a gallon of apple juice, 2 pounds of clover honey, and some Munton's ale yeast I already had in the fridge.  I mixed it in the juice bottle and I'm using the balloon trick as an airlock.  About how many weeks should I let it sit before I venture to take a taste?

Did you boil the honey or dilute it with water at all? Is the apple juice pasteurized? This all matters.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I have considered your proposal very carefully.  You may fire at will.

Great, now if he misses, I could very well be in the line of fire.

HA HA YOU'RE GONNA GET STICKY!!

[Choptop]

Reading you guys talk about honey concoctions all the time has piqued my interest, so I just threw together my first basic non-beer brewing project.  A little under a gallon of apple juice, 2 pounds of clover honey, and some Munton's ale yeast I already had in the fridge.  I mixed it in the juice bottle and I'm using the balloon trick as an airlock.  About how many weeks should I let it sit before I venture to take a taste?

Did you boil the honey or dilute it with water at all? Is the apple juice pasteurized? This all matters.

I believe the juice is pasteurized.  I didn't dilute the honey, I added it to the juice and shook it vigorously until it was dissolved.