I agree with Pete that to my tastes, honey quality deteriorates with age, and anything over a couple of years old (unless frozen) I dump or feed back to a hive.
When I first began keeping bees in the 1980s I thought it a good idea to save some from each year’s crop for…. Well I am still not sure why. But I have a few cases of honey in a dark corner of the basement that is around 30 years old. It does taste stronger. A bit like buckwheat. It is not the flavor I prize or would chose to put on my Wheaties. I have started using it to make mead. I am not a mead connoisseur – likely I don’t know good from bad - but I have now made three different natural-yeast meads with the vintage honey. It is drinkable and leads to telling good stories when enjoying it.
Larry Krengel
Marengo, IL
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