MeadWitch
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I was reading on another thread, that I cannot find anymore, that someone only makes mead from the cheapest honey that they can find. I took that as the lowest grade, not the most economically priced honey that they could find. But I could be mistaken in my interpretation.
As a former chef, I believe the higher quality of ingredients used, the higher quality end product. It is very hard and a lot of work to turn low quality ingredients into a stellar product. I enjoy reading about the different meads made with different honeys and how they taste in the finished product. My question is what was your worst honey and best honey meads and how did they rate against each other?
My best honey was a southern Texas Hujillo honey that produced a awesome end product. Worse honey mead was using a locally produced honey from just north of Austin. I have heard since that it is predominately a tallow tree honey plus a bunch more blended in. It was a gift and costs $48.00 a gallon. Assumed to be stellar but was not, produced an inferior mead all the way around.
As a former chef, I believe the higher quality of ingredients used, the higher quality end product. It is very hard and a lot of work to turn low quality ingredients into a stellar product. I enjoy reading about the different meads made with different honeys and how they taste in the finished product. My question is what was your worst honey and best honey meads and how did they rate against each other?
My best honey was a southern Texas Hujillo honey that produced a awesome end product. Worse honey mead was using a locally produced honey from just north of Austin. I have heard since that it is predominately a tallow tree honey plus a bunch more blended in. It was a gift and costs $48.00 a gallon. Assumed to be stellar but was not, produced an inferior mead all the way around.