December 23, 2007
We’ve had a busy holiday season what with moving bees around and sending out all the Christmas orders for honey. Our commercial site, beeherenow.com, has been hearing from our wonderful customers and they’re really nice. Here’s an example:
” Hi, everyone :-) I’m ordering some of your wonderful honey for my auntie in PA. She’ll LOVE it. Thanks much for your hard work in providing such a precious product :-)”
And another:
“A long-time fan, love-love your products.”
One all-together excellent customer even sent us some of the mead he made from our honey. How good is that? Here’s a picture to prove it along with some of today’s camelias. It’s nice to be able to pick flowers at Christmas time. We had more much-needed rain last night and it’s a nice soft day in Georgia.
January 14, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I just got off the phone with you after discussing vending your honey at the farmer’s market.
After peeking at your blog, you are obviously hooked line and sinker over SE GA. I wished I could bee as joyous over living here.
My Mom raised Italian bees back in Seattle and my Grampa raised cutter bees(that’s what we called them-they drilled holes in 2×4s and the bees filled them with circles cut out of leaves) for the farm in Idaho. I have aspirations to beekeep a lavender field in WY when we move….
I will be purchasing some honey; so excited to find raw. What do you do with the beeswax? Could I get some of that as well?
Must buzz off now,
Rachael Sidwell
January 21, 2008 at 9:02 am
Rachael-
It takes some getting used to but you’ll get it I bet. It took Ellen years.
We make some candles with the wax but don’t prepare it for sale.
Look forward to hearing from you again.
mk
February 17, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Ellen and Mike:
Thanks for the write up in the blog. Mike, I like to brew beer also, mostly lagers. Liked your tips as I’m always learning. What temp do you usually ferment the Meads?
Your honey is the best. It fermented so nicely. I was so happy to have found your products. It was only the 4th time I’ve made mead. There is definitely a ‘cult’ that drinks this stuff. Bringing some to a wine tasting party next week … with the story of your company’s honey in the Mead. I’ll pass your name around.
An interesting beer you might want to try is a Berliner Weiße. It’s a summer beer, a light wheat beer poured into a large champagne glass with cherry liquor (which settles at the bottom).
I’m a little jealous that you are in Georgia as it has been shivering cold up north. I used to live near Savannah but know the east coast of Georgia pretty well. What a wonderful place to be.
best wishes,
John Sladky
February 18, 2008 at 11:58 am
John,
I’ve had Berliner Weisse many times and I like it. I had it with black currant syrup, never could find woodruff. I like the idea of Napoleon calling it the champagne of German beers… guess they didn’t have Miller then,;).
The lactobacillus I had trouble with here was too aggressive for a delicate Berliner Weisse. I used to make a lot of american style wheat beer for haying season in Maine. White Labs makes a really good American Wheat yeast that yields a refreshing, thirst quenching summer beer.
Glad you like the honey. We just heard from a meadmaker in Alaska that made all kinds of cool mead with it, I’ll be posting about that soon.
February 18, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I ferment mead in the 68F to 72F range, too warm for ale but good for a mead.