yappobiscuits
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I'm from the UK and about to start my first batch of mead, but I'm having some trouble choosing honey. I'm doing a fruit mead with oranges and cinnamon, and I've read that clover honey is best for a fruit mead. I've also read that the honey must be raw/unrefined. The trouble is, I'm having no luck whatsoever finding anything that I can get in this country. I've found stuff that only ships inside the USA, but I've yet to find somewhere where I can get honey that ticks all the boxes of being clover, raw, liquid (since apparently the whole point of unrefined honey is that it hasn't been heated, and heating set honey to melt it would make it's raw-ness redundant), and available in the UK. So my questions are these:
Does it really matter what type of honey I use? Would using something other than clover really make a difference? Can anyone recommend the next best thing?
Does it really matter that it's raw/unpasteurised? Will it really make a difference or is it just a luxury?
Is it really true that melting set honey would ruin the whole point of it being raw, or could I just get set honey and melt it?
Or, does anyone know anywhere in the UK where I can actually get what I'm after?
Does it really matter what type of honey I use? Would using something other than clover really make a difference? Can anyone recommend the next best thing?
Does it really matter that it's raw/unpasteurised? Will it really make a difference or is it just a luxury?
Is it really true that melting set honey would ruin the whole point of it being raw, or could I just get set honey and melt it?
Or, does anyone know anywhere in the UK where I can actually get what I'm after?