hist-brewing: heather honey?

[Renee Peterson]

Castle-mark currently has a one Gallon size of heather honey for $83 US(plus 
S.H.).  I forgot to mention that I'd love to find it whole comb...which 
Castle-mark does not provide.  I'm with you, Shawn....anyone in Europe care 
to let me purchase about that amount from you?

Thanks to everyone who has replied!
Keila


>From: NeophyteSG at aol.com
>To: hist-brewing at pbm.com
>Subject: Re: hist-brewing: heather honey?
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:14:17 EDT
>
>In a message dated 5/24/00 7:50:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>kirsty.pollock at mpuk.com writes:
>
> > wow! You can buy it just about anywhere over here. I never knew you 
>couldn't
> >  get it in the US - I take it heather doesn't grow there??
> >
> >  KP
> >
>
>Heather grows here but not in the vast, wild abundance that it does in
>Europe.  I imagine that heather honey is for you much like clover is for us
><sigh>.  As someone interested in European period ales and meads, I envy 
>your
>easy access to it.  Someone mentioned Castlemark Honey as a source, but 
>last
>time I checked the price for a US gallon of heather honey was around $75US
>not including shipping.  That's about twice the cost of most others and a 
>bit
>spendy for a 3-4# honey/gallon mead.
>
>Still ... I'm about to start a heather series (ale, mead, braggot and wine)
>to explore the characteristics imparted by it in brewing.  I confess a 
>great
>deal of romanticism in my brewing.  For me, each period brew is like a time
>machine ... "so that's what [fill in the brew and date] tasted like."
>Sometimes it's tasty, others not so tasty (by my preferences), but at 
>least,
>for those brief moments that I sip, it gives me a sense of "being there."
>Part of the nuance for me is getting as close as I can with the 
>ingredients.
>In truth, I might not *truly* be able to discern the difference in taste
>between fresh herbs and dried, heather honey or clover, heather or heather
>honey from the US, the UK or Scotland itself, etc.  But *I know*.
>
>I believe the heather I've purchased is from the US but I'm not sure.  I 
>may
>have to suck it up and go the Castlemark route for this series but Ouch!  I
>don't know where Castlemark gets it, but at least it's *heather* honey (one
>step closer).  If they import it that may be the reason for the price.  I
>don't know what $75US exchanges to where you are but I'd be curious what it
>would cost to purchase about a gallon (3.78L, 4L, UK gallon, whatever's
>convenient) there and ship it overseas ... for me, Portland, OR.
>
>Warm Regards,
>Shawn
>
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