HONEY VARIETALS
Brine’s Fine Honeys

Buckwheat Honey
Origin: USA (Minnesota)
Taste: Bold; malty; molasses
Buckwheat is a hardy plant. It matures quickly, requires no pesticides, and grows well even in poor soils. It is often planted as a second crop of the growing season, following the harvest of the first crop. Buckwheat produces a thick cover of small white blossoms about a month after being sown. The flowers require pollination, as they are self-sterile.

Carrot Honey
Taste: Sharp; full-bodied; caramel; allspice
Learn more about my beekeeper source for this honey.
Carrots that are allowed to bloom are not intended to be eaten as vegetables. When the plant blooms, the orange root turns tough, woody, and inedible. Rather, Carrot Honey is made when honey bees pollinate the carrot plants being grown to produce the following year’s carrot seeds. These seeds will then be planted by farmers to yield a vegetable crop. Our Carrot Honey is sourced from Oregon, which produces approximately 45% of the world’s carrot seed.

Coriander Honey

Cranberry Honey
Origin: USA (Wisconsin)
Taste: Rich; sweet; stewed fruit; mildly astringent
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Producing around two thirds of the US crop and 50% of the world’s supply, Wisconsin is the cranberry capital of the world, and the area around the small town of Warrens (population 349) is its epicenter.
Cranberries are also grown in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, and parts of Canada and Chile. Cranberries blossom in Wisconsin from mid-June through early July. Honey bees are brought in to help pollinate the crop at around 2.5 hives per acre. If you see a cranberry marsh in bloom, you begin to appreciate why this honey is not exactly in huge supply.
The dainty pink blossoms have no aroma and don’t always produce enough nectar for a sizeable honey crop. Fun fact: cranberries are not grown in water, but the marshes are flooded periodically for harvest and to build up ice for winter protection of the plants.
The wetland you see in the photo below is part of the larger area of cranberry support land (consisting of natural and man-made wetlands, woodlands and uplands) needed to ensure an adequate water supply. The cranberry marshes are pictured in the background and are being irrigated through raised sprinkler heads.
Cranberry blossoms

Minnesota Wildflower Honey
Origin: USA (Central Minnesota)
Taste: Bright; citrus; lime
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Basswood, or American linden or lime tree, is a large, moderately slow growing native tree found throughout Minnesota. Blossoms emerge in July as hanging, branching clusters of 6 to 18 fragrant, pale yellow flowers. Nectar from basswood flowers produces a high-grade honey and provides a characteristically “limey” flavor.
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