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Thanks for the feedback. Dutch Gold is especially nice because they have a number of different varieties, which other (cheap) brands don't often have as much of. But I do wonder about that heat treatment, especially since it's so high. Most other companies seem to process at 150 F or so; some...

I previously asked about what the best value honey for mead there is (in the orange blossom flavor). Thank you all for your responses. After having looked around a lot, I have found that the best deal really is with Dutch Gold; the shipping is initially steep, but it increases less and less...

I was definitely thinking to go with Dutch Gold, but their shipping price nearly doubles the overall price! Companies are always trying to fool people by hiding their price in the shipping price.

How are they different? I'm mostly just searching amazon and google, trying to find the lowest prices. Some places have free shipping; for those that don't, the shipping adds substantially to the cost.

I'm looking to make my first mead, and am thinking of a orange blossom mead. Does anyone have recommendations on the best value (highest quality relative to reasonable price) source for 5lb or so of it? I have looked around on the web, and Dutch gold seems to fit the bill. However, I've...

The problem is that I can't do the recipe as written; I don't hve 5 gallon equipment. Only 3 gallon, which i can get to 3.5 if I push it, but i do 3.25 to be safe. As I messed with the BeerSmith vs my own calculations last night, I possibly realized that the scaling of recipes via BeerSmith...

I am going to brew this tomorrow, but on slightly smaller scale (I do 3.25 gallon batches). Whenever I entered the info into beersmith, it is calculating 76.5 IBU rather than the 62 that the OP indicates. Should I lower the bittering hops to compensate? In fact, the estimated O.G. is coming...