HoneyLove.org's 4th Annual Honey Tasting Workshop: a blind competition

What's beekeeper to do in Winter? Not much is needed in the beeyard, so I was really excited to receive HoneyLove.org's January newsletter with a honey-tasting call-for-entries. I sent a jar of triple-strained honey from the Top Bar Hive. Some of the honey I chose had too much moisture, and some had already begun to crystallize but I figured the two combined would be perfect. I warmed them just enough to pass most of it through a 200-micron filter, keeping the course stuff out of the finished product. Not disturbing the honey is key to producing an award-winning honey, a patience-testing process in the middle of Winter. The two jars in the picture are the result.

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Whoops...I put one of my #honey labels on "wrong." Which jar do you think I should send to @honeyloveorg for the #HoneyTasting competition? #YayBees #backyardbees #303 #beekeeping

A photo posted by BBHB (@backyardbee) on Jan 15, 2015 at 8:15am PST

There were 17 entries into the competition, including one from Top Bar hiver Sam Comfort! Here's how we did.

And our WINNERS- tied for 1ST PLACE at HoneyLove.org annual honey tasting workshop @onestronghive (Silverlake) and @backyardbee (Aurora, CO) #urbanbeekeeping #yaybees

A photo posted by Honey Love (@honeyloveorg) on Jan 25, 2015 at 3:29pm PST

To see more pictures from the competition and to learn about HoneyLove.org, be sure to visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/honeylove.org