Mead Lovers Digest #1452

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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1452, 16 December 2009 
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Mead Lover's Digest #1452                                  16 December 2009 

                      Mead Discussion Forum 

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  Re: Dealing with crystallized honey (bill keiser) 

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Subject: Re: Dealing with crystallized honey 
From: bill keiser <bk2@sharpstick.org> 
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:21:55 -0500 

 I got a 5 gallon pail of blueberry honey a couple years ago that wassolid 
 crystallized. 
 I propped it up on a plastic crate, put a frame of something on top (i 
forget exactly what) that overhung and left some head space over the 
bucket. I put a small light bulb (15 watt or so?) in the crate below and 
draped a large blanket over the whole thing. In a few days, the honey was 
completely liquid. 
Bill Keiser 

>    I've got a 5 gallon bucket (~60 pounds) of honey here which has 
> crystallized and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to deal 
> with it.  I'm probably going to break it down into 4 15 pound batches, 
> but it's going to be tough to dig it out the way it is.  Can I just dig 
> out chunks and use them by weight or is there maybe a way to soften the 
> whole thing? 
> 
> Thanks! 
>    Pat 

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