First bochet

[welly2]

Cooked up my recently sourced local honey from a beek up near Ryde. Got two varieties but for the bochet I'm using the darker honey.

All the honey I tried were amazing, the lighter one I bought was less sweet, and very light on the palate, delicious though and quite fragrant. The darker one I used in this recipe was all molasses, golden syrup, raisins and so on. Boiled it for half an hour and decided to stop where I was.

Used 2.1kg honey, fermenting with Mangrove Jacks M05 yeast or will be when the honey water chills enough to pitch it. I think it's going to taste amazing but I'll let you know in about 3 months time!

Photos in order:

1. Before heating/boiling
2. As it got up to the boil
3. 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes boil tests
4. At 30 minutes when I decided to turn off the heat.

 

[welly2]

Yeast pitched and the greedy bastards are already filling their boots on the sugars.

 

[DUANNE]

im curious on doing a bochet but with the price of honey ive never been game to try it. would love to hear how it turns out.

 

[welly2]

im curious on doing a bochet but with the price of honey ive never been game to try it. would love to hear how it turns out.

I'll tell you in 3 - 6 months! (probably closer to 3 months if my lack of patience gets the better of me)

 

[Mardoo]

I haven't done one, yet, but the couple I've had have been extraordinary. Looking forward to hearing!

 

[boonchu]

I think they are one of my favorites and also our best seller.
As soon as people try it its like wow a lighter more palatable muscat or port

 

[boonchu]

One of ours on the boil

 

[Mardoo]

That is a vision of beauty.

 

[welly2]

One of ours on the boil

It looks like an orange, delicious, tasty brain.

Braaaains.

 

[Ronwales]

Cooked up my recently sourced local honey from a beek up near Ryde. Got two varieties but for the bochet I'm using the darker honey.

All the honey I tried were amazing, the lighter one I bought was less sweet, and very light on the palate, delicious though and quite fragrant. The darker one I used in this recipe was all molasses, golden syrup, raisins and so on. Boiled it for half an hour and decided to stop where I was.

Used 2.1kg honey, fermenting with Mangrove Jacks M05 yeast or will be when the honey water chills enough to pitch it. I think it's going to taste amazing but I'll let you know in about 3 months time!

Photos in order:

1. Before heating/boiling
2. As it got up to the boil
3. 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes boil tests
4. At 30 minutes when I decided to turn off the heat.

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How did this turn out? I'm thinking of making one , once my mead is finished. Cheers