Goldenrod honey OK for Mead ?

[beekeeperman]

It is a big fall honey crop here in the northeast. Would it be suitable for a 5gal. batch of Mead ?
My bees are working it hard.

Any experience with it anyone ?

 

[revjester]

Have not tried it yet but you can make mead from any variety of honey.
And according to one place that sells it:

http://www.ebeehoney.com/raw_goldenrod_honey.html
"Mead makers love it for making their batches of mead."

 

[fatbloke]

Can't get it here, but by all account, it makes good mead......

 

[Goofynewfie]

Goldenrod is great honey.

 

[beekeeperman]

Thanks for the replies everyone.
My hives are wreaking with goldenrod right now, it certainly has a distinct odor as they are packing it in. Can smell it downwind from 50 feet.
So I am going to see how much surplus honey they have next month and make a batch of mead with the surplus.
To be honest i have a 1 gal batch started in may from goldenrod honey from last winters dead hives but a taste test recently had it burning all the way down from tongue to tummy. I know it is still young.