Honey Types

Question 1

Buckwheat

Answer 1

Common. Color: deep amber. Aroma: unmistakable malasses, treacle aroma. Flavor: malt syrup, treacle. Best for: braggots, metheglins, cinnamon, nutmeg.

Question 2

Clover

Answer 2

Common. Color: light amber. Aroma: sweet, slightly flowery. Flavor: touch of flowers, non-descript. Best for: melomels

Question 3

Orange Blossom

Answer 3

Common. Color: light gold. Aroma: robust big floral blossom, lemony, cream soda, orange. Flavor: orange water, flowery perfumey. Best for: Anything, traditional meads.

Question 4

Tupelo

Answer 4

Common: Color: golden. Aroma: complex apple, sweet, vanilla, herbal. Flavor: creamy, sherry, light cinammon. Best for: traditional meads

Question 5

Wildflower

Answer 5

Common. Color: light to dark. Aroma: varies. Flavor: varies. Best for: melomels, braggots.

Question 6

Apple Blossom

Answer 6

Frequent. Color: light amber. Aroma: floral, hints of apple rind. Flavor: does not taste appley. Best for: traditional, cysers. Very sweet honey.

Question 7

Blackberry Blossom

Answer 7

Frequent. Color: light gold. Aroma: floral, light citrus. Flavor: floral, fruity, tangerine. Best for: traditional, melomels. Should not have overt blackberry flavor.

Question 8

Blueberry Blossom

Answer 8

Frequent. Color: deep gold. Aroma: floral, leafy, citrus. Flavor: fruity, green leaves, lemon, buttery finish. Best for: traditonal, melomels. No blueberry character.

Question 9

Cotton Blossom

Answer 9

Frequent. Colo: golden. Best for: traditional. Very mild honey.

Question 10

Mesquite

Answer 10

Frequent. Color: straw to golden. Aroma: robust, earth, raw mesquite wood, not smokey. Flavor: same as aroma, dominating. Best for: traditional, metheglin. Very unique, seems oaked.

Question 11

Raspberry blossom

Answer 11

Frequent. Color: golden. Aroma: floral, light citrus. Flavor: floral, fruity, tangerine. Best for: traditional, melomels.

Question 12

White Sage

Answer 12

Frequent. Color: water white to straw. Aroma: herbal, elegant floral, earthy, spicy. Flavor: sweet, floral, spicy, metallic. Best for: traditonal, metheglin.

Question 13

Alfalfa

Answer 13

Rare. Color: white to straw. Aroma: beeswax, hay. Flavor: beeswax. Best for: traditional. Delicate, light honey.

Question 14

Basswood

Answer 14

Rare. Color: straw. Aroma: white whine, chardonnay, yeasty, mineral, unripe fruit. Flavor: creamy, buttery, herbal, crisp, Best for: mlomel, metheglin, cyser.

Question 15

Fireweed

Answer 15

Rare. Color: straw. Aroma: very light, herbal, tea-like. Flavor: Tea-like, sweet smooth. Best for: traditional.

Question 16

Guajillo

Answer 16

Rare. Color: straw. Aroma: perfume, fragrant, herbal, lavender. Flavor: light, mild, smooth, sweet, hint of lavender. Best for: traditional, metheglin. Very light, delicate honey

Question 17

Palmetto

Answer 17

Rare. Color: straw to light gold. Aroma: musky, light, lemony, citrus, leafy. Flavor: tartness, mixed citrus, grapey, woody. Best for: traditional, melomels.

Question 18

Star Thistle

Answer 18

Rare. Color: straw with greenish tone. Aroma: grassy, anise. Flavor: grassy, anise. Best for: traditonal

Question 19

Heather blossom

Answer 19

Licorice, floral, perfume me, and niece, Caramell, candied squash. Flavor; vanilla, licorice, toasty, hint of maple, coffee, rich, complex, multi dimensional,. Color amber with red hues. traditional mead