mead1ntyneside
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Many recipes call for a particular type of honey for mead but to purchase something like "clover" honey from supermarkets is almost impossible because most supermarket honey is a blend of raw honeys from different geographical areas. I would recommend avoiding the budget "value" brands as they tend to lack and real body or consistency which won't do your mead any favors.
I recently bottled up a batch of mead which I used ASDA Extra Special Chilean Rainforest Honey, It had a darker, richer colour and a slight aniseed taste. Slightly more expensive but the end product was amazing :-)
Good supermarket honeys to use.... Rowes and Gales are good to get started on but for a mead with a twist stick to the slightly higher priced foreign honeys :
I recently bottled up a batch of mead which I used ASDA Extra Special Chilean Rainforest Honey, It had a darker, richer colour and a slight aniseed taste. Slightly more expensive but the end product was amazing :-)
Good supermarket honeys to use.... Rowes and Gales are good to get started on but for a mead with a twist stick to the slightly higher priced foreign honeys :