Smoked Honey

[weazelwacker]

Has anyone ever smoked honey to use in mead. I just got my alfalfa honey in today, and plan on cold smoking some tomorrow with pecan wood ( its all I have right now). I also had a gentleman on http://www.smoked-meat.com recommend that I smoke lavender with cherry wood. Any thoughts?

posted this in the wrong place and don't know how to remove it....SUE ME.

 

[weazelwacker]

Well guess not. Did it anyway, 2.5hr cold smoked on cherry wood (sawdust). If you have the ability to cold smoked you should try it the results where surprisingly awsome

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[Sourz4life]

I've done this myself. I had a hard time making the flavors really stick to the honey. It imparted a slight smokeyness to it but never enough that I would notice it a lot after fermentation.

 

[weazelwacker]

Yeah I wasn't sure how the smoke would survive the fermentation.

 

[Curtis2010]

Not exactly the same thing, but I made a braggot in late 2014 using home smoked grains. Left to condition for over a year. Tapped into it early 2106, delicious (aging works miracles for meads), and still smokey. If you dont want to make a full on braggot, maybe just try a small portion of smoked grains to get the smokey flavor. I roasted 2-row to amber and then smoked. If you dont want any color change just cold smoke a pale malt. Caution: a little goes a long way.

Wonder if smoking oak chips for use in aging the mead would impart much smokey?

You could also try a brochet.

 

[FSH]

Smoked some on the grill after cooking up some steaks, burgers, brats and bacon. So in addition to the hickory chunks on the coals I had all the left over fats.

Made a bochet out of it, on racking to the secondary it had some good smoked meat flavor. I think it will age very well.

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[eigua]

You can also make your own liquid smoke and add that after fermentation. Alton Brown showed how on Good Eats:

https://youtu.be/R3JetOoEngs?t=9m15s