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oc eric
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Mead Prices

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The Buena Park farmer's market has 12 lbs of honey (Orange blossom, sage, and something I can't remember) for $40. Is that a good deal?

Where do the mead guys get their honey?

Has California's bee loss, inthe past couple years, raised prices?
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No, that's pretty high for honey.

Go to http://www.millershoney.com

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My last batch of honey was from Miller's Honey. I was buying 3# jugs for about $9 each, but they do have 1 gallon jugs for $24 or so.

I've also been looking at ebeehoney.com because they have *raw* unfiltered, unpasterized honey.

Between those two sites, they have lots of available honey types: Clover, Orange Blossom, Wildflower, Buckwheat, Goldenrod, Bamboo, Sage. I used some Wildflower Honey from Miller's in my Old Ale, and more recently a metheglin.
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Before you buy any buckwheat honey you need to find out if it is Eastern or Western Buckwheat.

Eastern Buckwheat is like a wet barnyard in flavor and aroma and takes a very long time to come around. Western Buckwheat is dark but lacks the barnyardy character.

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Thanks guys!
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