Raw Sourwood Honey

Name: Raw Sourwood Honey
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Raw Sourwood Honey

Origin: North Georgia, located at the southern tip of the Appalachian Mountains.
Source: From the nectar of the Sourwood Tree or Oxydendrum arboreum, which blooms from June to July
Taste: Delicate and smooth with distinctive flavors of anise, spice, cloves and caramel
Pairings: Breads, yogurt, fruits, oatmeal, granola, cheeses, tea and fried chicken
Accolades: This beekeeper has generated four world honey championship winners

SKU: N/A Category: Raw Honey Tags: Appalachia honey, First place world honey championship, Sourwood, Sourwood Honey

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A Favorite American honey

Authentic raw sourwood honey is a delicate, smooth and delicious honey.

The unique mono-floral raw sourwood honey has distinctive flavors of anise, spice, coves and maple and caramel taste. A smooth and syrupy texture, Sourwood Honey has a beautiful amber color which lends to a buttery sensation an aroma of cinnamon and cloves. For these reasons, the aftertaste has a slight gingerbread twang.

A Favorite Judges Honey

This sourwood honey won four world honey championships. It was also winner a Good Food award – five times. There’s a few underlying reasons for this. Consider ordering a bottle to learn why.

Origins

This rare sourwood honey originates from the Lily of the Valley (Sourwood) trees located in the North Georgia Appalachian mountains. Extracted from pristine hives, Sourwood Honey is famous for it’s rich and compelling flavor and aroma.

Built by Bees sources our raw sourwood honey from private Appalachian apiaries including a four-time honey world champion in North Georgia. We use this same honey in our Specialty Food Association’s sofi Gold award winning Sourwood Balsamic Honey Vinegar.

Sourwood honey is native to the USA and comes from the nectar of the Sourwood Tree. Sourwood honey is known for it’s ability to resist crystallization and has a light amber appearance. Prized by honey aficionados, this coveted raw honey variety is fantastic on countless foods. These include fried chicken, breads and in yogurt. Sourwood honey is also great drizzled on fruits, oatmeal, granola, cheeses and stirred in hot tea.

It also has a short blooming period from early July until early August. Sourwood blooms are rain sensitive. The Appalachians are elevated and mountainous and subject to more summer rain. For these reasons, the blossoms are often negatively impacted and large crops are more the exception than the norm.

Caveat Emptor

When there’s a limited supply, some honey packers have sadly cut corners and sell something that is a sourwood in name only. There are many legitimate sourwood sources too. For this reason, it always makes sense to check your sources and ask some questions on the sourwood honey’s source.