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anyone got a good source for different varieties of honey in ontario?

Does Applewood sell honey? They make some great mead.

Could check out other mead makers:
http://www.winesofcanada.com/mead.html

I went local here in the Okanagan, and although it was pricey (about $50 a gallon IIRC), it was really good.

matt, I talked to a lady that runs an apiary supply business in Cambridge, and she told me to go to the Cambidge farmer's market. There is always a guy there who can sell 5 gallon bucket quantity. I bought some honey from a guy who sells out of his house on Dundas, between the hospital and Concession. There is a honey for sale sign out front all the time. Tasty, don't know how it tastes after fermenting yet though, it has only been a month.

I`ll send you a PM.

What variety are you looking for?

There was actually a bit of variety at Kelowna's farmers market at decent a price... the Galt market is probably a similar size, could also check Kitchener, Hamilton & London which are a bit bigger.

I was entranced by Applewoods buckwheat mead, but had trouble finding buckwheat out this way. My search lead to some great honey sampling though:
http://www.planetbee.com/products.honey.php

St. Lawrence Market North Building SaturdayMorning just to the left of the doors. Nice selection.

There is someone on the Southern Ontario Brewers list who has a contact for bulk honey purchases.

http://www.areyouansob.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=671

I believe the OP was looking for specific varietal honey rather than the wildflower honey that's available in the SOB site.

icemachine wrote:I believe the OP was looking for specific varietal honey rather than the wildflower honey that's available in the SOB site.

You should contact Dutchman's Gold in Carlisle, they have a few varieties of honey available the last time I checked, a little more pricier than what you would pay for off the SOB connection (there were about three different types if I'm not mistaken).

thx for the tips guys, im just getting into mead making and wanted to find some local options for honey

im going to start with a bunch of 1 gallon batches and experiment with a few differnent types of honey

Yeah, the honey I've been bringing in on the SOB forum is not any particular varietal, primarily a mix of wild and field flowers. However it is an excellent honey for mead at a very reasonable price ($81 for 14 kg). There is one more delivery coming before the summer on June 12 if you are interested. We'd have to figure a way to get it to you as delivery is to my place in Toronto.

jcc wrote:Yeah, the honey I've been bringing in on the SOB forum is not any particular varietal, primarily a mix of wild and field flowers. However it is an excellent honey for mead at a very reasonable price ($81 for 14 kg). There is one more delivery coming before the summer on June 12 if you are interested. We'd have to figure a way to get it to you as delivery is to my place in Toronto.

14kg......how is it packaged?

matt7215 wrote:14kg......how is it packaged?

Plastic pail. If my memory serves me correctly it is 2.5 gallons (might be off on that).