hist-brewing: more leatherwood honey

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In a message dated 2/8/01 8:47:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
meadmakr at enteract.com writes:


> > food shop (now, alas, gone) and didn't care for the taste. Another
> > thought has hit me--they wouldnt dehydrate the honey to reduce shipping
> > weight & volume would they???
> 
> You're honey is already dehydrated - by the bees. It should be under 17%
> (the average for all honeys). If it contains more than 17% it'll
> ferment. It's unlikely that shippers would dehydrate any further.
> 
> 
Agreed.  In fact, it would be in their best business interests to do so ... 
water is cheap.  It did occur to me though that it was mentioned that the 
honey was packaged in a "tin".  If it was "canned", I wonder if the canning 
process (AKA heating/pasteurizing) might not have had something to do with 
the change in flavor and texture.

Warm Regards,
Shawn


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