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dr9 said:
On Oak, I'm familiar with the "curing" process, we call it "seasoning" in the bbq world. Toss fresh oak on a fire and your meat will taste like burnt pinestraw. The white oak I have is local, native, and was cut over a year ago. With a hatchet I will "spline" it... basically hack it up longways and find the best three pieces and toast them to the different levels of ineptitude. That's the plan anyway.

And yes, I want to be a patron, but I don't want to jump into patronitude willy nilly and noob-up your fine forum. I've got the $25, but don't have the pride. Make sense?
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Hey, they let me in, so no actual excellence needed. Lucky for me!
 
Apple Blossom Honey, I see it for sale on a few websites, I contacted a honey company in the region I want to get all my ingredients from (lots of apple orchards in the area) and they said they never heard of apple blossom honey. According to their website, they have all kinds of honey from all different types of local flora, so it's one thing to not offer apple blossom honey, and another thing altogether to have never heard of it, particularly in their area (upstate SC). I am trying to get in contact with my orchard to see if they have a lead, but it appears they are old school, no website/contact info exists for them (Mountain Rest Orchard SC) What do yall think about that?
 
Apple blossom (and most other fruit-tree blossom) honey does exist, but it is often available only in small quantities, and not every year. The principal reason is that in most parts of the world where fruit trees are cultivated, they are the first plants to bloom in the spring. So most beekeepers will allow their hives to keep most/all of the honey from fruit tree blossoms as nourishment for brood.

The bees have to come first, that early in the season.
 
"4) Oak + Apple + Honey = Nirvana. But again, that's just my taste, and my recommendation. Oak can do a number of good things for your mead, and again that is discussed more fully in an earlier posting by Oskaar. He's the resident expert in all things mead here at Gotmead, and I recommend that you take any of his posts that address subjects you're interested in, to heart. "
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I did a search for "Oak" in advanced search by user Oskaar in both title and text, and had zero results. :(

A little help pretty please?
 
Wayneb, others....

I may have found a source for apple blossom honey, I'll know tomorrow. It turns out I have a friend who's wife's family is in the honey business in apple country SC and they do get apple blossom honey, I'll know about quantities and availability tomorrow, I am told. I'll post their contact info after I make sure they have enough for my own endeavors... :p
 
Just an update, it's going to be a no-go when it comes to apple blossom honey. Apparently, everyone likes to say "Oh yeah, I get it all the time at such and such, call them" and it turns out people don't know what they are talking about. The best I've got so far is a lady in NC who says they get some rarely, and to check back in 6 months.
 
As to the OP:

I just got a call from gf at the grocery store, told her to pick up a new honey, some local sourwood.

"Your new little hobby is getting expensive"

That's what I'm getting into.
 
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