About this Honey
A "Full Season" blend. Beekeepers sometimes combine the light, floral nectars of the summer harvest with the darker, richer, asters-and-goldenrod honey of the late autumn. The result is a medium-dark honey with a complex profile—sweet floral high notes grounded by a deep, spicy, malty finish. It is a robust, all-purpose kitchen honey.
Honey Characteristics
Polyfloral (Summer & Autumn Forage)
Late Summer
Specialty
Appalachia & Midwest US
Warm, balanced floral with a deep, spicy, malty undertone
Smooth, velvety, medium-to-heavy viscosity
Honey Profile Chart
Scale: 1 (Low) → 5 (High)
The Story
An intentional and masterful seasonal consolidation, this polyfloral varietal captures the shifting botanical continuum of a single region over many months. By marrying the ultra-light, crisp, fructose-dominant nectars of the mid-summer flush with the dense, glucose-heavy, and mineral-saturated honeys of late-autumn asters and goldenrod, the beekeeper seals a full ecological timeline into the comb.\n\nThe resulting blend possesses a complex, wide-spectrum molecular matrix that exhibits a highly stable, medium-speed crystallization curve, setting into a velvet, slow-pouring body. Packing a robust mineral and tannin structure, it functions as a heavy-hitting culinary anchor, holding its aromatic integrity under high-heat applications, making it ideal for deep meat caramelization, robust barbecue glazes, and balancing high-acid coffee or stout beer reductions.
Sensory Profile
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At a Glance
A Specialty variety, harvested in Late Summer, from Appalachia & Midwest US, derived from Polyfloral (Summer & Autumn Forage) blossoms.