Looking for some honey

[Bigbeavk]

Hi,
I'm looking for some honey to get my first mead started. I'd like to do one with Raspberry's. So since i'm an ebay junkie anyway I found some wildflower honey being sold by Smiity Bee.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raw-Wildflower-Honey-30lb-Bulk-Price-/390243615571?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5adc550353

$69 plus $26 for shipping for a 30lb pail. It also states that some or all of it may be crystallized.

Would this be a good buy? Or please let me have some suggestions.

 

[TimothyChurch]

Holy crap. I have spend the last few weeks searching for local apiaries to buy some honey in bulk. I never thought about ebay. That is cheaper(3.79 per lb of clover at AHS) and 30lbs should last me a little while. I actually will be buying the clover batch as soon as I get some cash(hope the bar is busy). I'll give you a update on how it is once it comes in. Can anyone think of a easy way of measuring and transferring the honey?

 

[Bigbeavk]

You would have to get a scale and weigh it out. I'm sure some types of honey may be thicker than others. I've seen gallon jugs labeled as 12lbs so I guess you could assume a Qt weighs 3lbs. I'm just not sure what crystallized honey would be like to deal with.

 

[Hinermad]

You would have to get a scale and weigh it out. I'm sure some types of honey may be thicker than others. I've seen gallon jugs labeled as 12lbs so I guess you could assume a Qt weighs 3lbs. I'm just not sure what crystallized honey would be like to deal with.

Scoop it out like ice cream and dissolve it in warm water. I bought a gallon (12 lbs) of partially crystallized raw orange blossom honey to make ginger mead last June and it turned out fine.

That looks like a good price for that wildflower honey. The place I bought from in Ohio charges substantially more.

Dave

 

[gclunde]

Groeb Farms

That's a good deal. The company above (previously Miller's Honey) is who I've used in the past and have found them to be very competitive on prices and good quality and varieties of honey.

 

[biochemedic]

You would have to get a scale and weigh it out. I'm sure some types of honey may be thicker than others. I've seen gallon jugs labeled as 12lbs so I guess you could assume a Qt weighs 3lbs. I'm just not sure what crystallized honey would be like to deal with.

This is what I do. It's always an estimate anyway b/c the actual density and sugar content and resultant PPPG of honey varies from source to source and year to year. It's just easier to assume 1.5 lbs per pint, 3 lbs per quart, and 12 lbs per gallon and just RDWHAHB about the fact that your gravity will be variable....

 

[Hinermad]

It's just easier to assume 1.5 lbs per pint, 3 lbs per quart, and 12 lbs per gallon and just RDWHAHB about the fact that your gravity will be variable....

That's where a hydrometer or refractometer is handy - you can use whatever honey you like and mix it with water until you get exactly the gravity you want.

Dave