Prickly Pear Fruit

[MarsColonist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya

They have some at Central Market from time to time.

 

[MeadWitch]

gonna get mine from my local HEB (just south of wierd). Gonna start over.

 

[MeadWitch]

Where do you get your honey? I'm on the hunt for the cheapest I can find for mead making.

I get mine here locally in Austin. I think it is priced reasonably, $28 a gallon for central Texas Wildflower. Tastes amazing. Where is Bowie, Texas?

 

[MarsColonist]

Bowie is up by Dallas, if im not mistaken. 5gal orange blossom was $165 delivered from Millers... so thats about $32/gal. I think Im going to do the next round of mead with Round Rock wildflower honey, and then try backsweetening with the varietal types of honey.

 

[MeadWitch]

Bowie is up by Dallas, if im not mistaken. 5gal orange blossom was $165 delivered from Millers... so thats about $32/gal. I think Im going to do the next round of mead with Round Rock wildflower honey, and then try backsweetening with the varietal types of honey.

Good luck with that. I don't care for RR honey. I get mine from GoodFlow on east Cesar Chavez.

 

[MarsColonist]

Hmm.. thats right by where I live; I called them once and they said they only wholesale and wouldnt be able to sell to me.. plus I had heard that their honey was imported, but that could totally be unfounded... not sure where I heard that, but it was a couple of years ago. My first batch of mead was RR honey, and after a 1.5 years and some acid blend, tastes pretty good (outside of the fusels from warm fermentation). Maybe Ill try GoodFlow again.

 

[Qeelin]

I get mine here locally in Austin. I think it is priced reasonably, $28 a gallon for central Texas Wildflower. Tastes amazing. Where is Bowie, Texas?

Bowie is a very small town between Fort Worth and Wichita Falls. How many pounds are in a gallon of honey? I need 15 pounds for the recipe I'm going to make and that's around $50 at our local Wal-Mart.

 

[MarsColonist]

How many pounds are in a gallon of honey?

Depending on the moisture level, 11.5 to 12#... I just use 3# per quart.

 

[MeadWitch]

Hmm.. thats right by where I live; I called them once and they said they only wholesale and wouldnt be able to sell to me.. plus I had heard that their honey was imported, but that could totally be unfounded... not sure where I heard that, but it was a couple of years ago. My first batch of mead was RR honey, and after a 1.5 years and some acid blend, tastes pretty good (outside of the fusels from warm fermentation). Maybe Ill try GoodFlow again.

I have a friend in the grocery biz and she got it for me. My first honey came from St. Pat's of Austin, but they no longer sell to the public, only online. They had the best Huajillo honey! It was down right awesome! :rockin: