I bought 80 lbs of tupelo honey this weekend.

[TXlib]

That's enough for four 5-gallon batches of sweet mead with an alcohol content of ~14% abv.

I'm going to use four different yeast varieties to see how each turns out.

[everythingsxen]

1. Nice..

need any help, uh, testing? :P

[LastKnight]

2. this brings up an interesting question....

will you share?

-LK

[EstimatedProphet]

3. Yummy!

My first brew was mead. Took almost a year to finish too. Very nice when it did.

[Mr.Green93]

4. what did the honey cost per pound?

we ordered bees and are staring some hives next month

[TXlib]

12. about $2.40/lb

and tupelo is one of the more expensive honeys. That price included shipping from Florida to Houston TX.

If you're making wildflower honey, or clover, you'll get about half that (maybe 2/3) for similar bulk sales.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. I assume you have...

flagons.

Mead can only be served in flagons, and preferably by wenches.

"Have the wench bring me a flagon of mead."

Ahh... the good old days...

[TXlib]

9. Actually, the 'mazer' or 'mether' is the traditional vessel for mead.

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. She's as Sweet as.......Tupelo Honey

She's an Angel..........of the first degree
She's an Angel

[Sticky]

10. Just like honey, baby, from the bee

I'm heading off to see Van Morrison at the Wang (Boston) next month! Can't wait!

[Bonhomme Richard]

13. Now I'm jealous!!!!! Love Van Morrison

And how do you get from Nova Scotia to Boston? Best way. I was thinking of going to Nova Scotia to check out and maybe buy a Lunenburg Dory. Do you know anything about them?

[Sticky]

14. I've made the trip many times,

usually by car. It's 11 hours from Halifax to Boston (I'm a fast driver, I know). I follow the transcanada highway from Halifax, NS to St Stephen, New Brunswick, cross the US border at Calais,ME, take the hour-long Airline highway to Bangor and then it's I95 the rest of the way. Easy!

A Lunenburg dory? I have a plain old dory that's kinda wind and water beaten....but if I painted it bright yellow with green trim I think it could be called a Lunenburg dory. Not sure, but I always thought the 'Lunenburg' distinction was just about color.

[Bonhomme Richard]

16. Thanks for the info.

A days drive isn't bad though I would have to add a couple of more hours to the trip.
I didn't know Lunenburg had to do with color. I got interested through The Dory Shop in Lunenburg because the design had the traditional dory stern with an outboard in a well.
This is the link to the site
http://www.doryshop.com/index.html
Anyway I was thinking about selling my sailboat and getting something smaller but seaworthy.
Thanks again for the help.

[tridim]

7. Meanwhile,

People whose drug of choice comes in herbal form are locked in a prison cell for planting a seed . Hardly seems fair, especially considering alcohol is a poison.

BTW, I mean no offense to you and your home brewery. I just get upset at the hypocrisy of our laws.

[TXlib]

11. I hear you!

Never tried pot before, but I guarantee you, if it's ever legalised, homebrewers will be brewing beer with pot thrown in with the hops, and mead-makers with make marijuana metheglin! :hippie:

(I hear some do this already, but it will be out in the open if it's ever legal...)

[mmm]

8. that stuff kicks butt! Nice

[CO Liberal]

15. Here's 300 Pounds of Tupelo Honey

:-)