Varietal Honey Guide

Varietal Honey Guide
100 Monofloral Honeys and their Characteristics

• Alfalfa
  White to Light Amber - pleasant minty flavor may reflect spicy seasonal blooming
• Almond
  Dark Amber - strong, nutty, and bitter
• Alsike
  White - mild clover herbal
• Apple Blossom
  Amber with Greenish Hue - rich bold with soft bitter notes. Hint of apple in the aroma
• Arbutus - Strawberry Tree
  Medium Amber with Greenish Tinge - aromatic and bitter notes
• Aster
  White to Light Amber - distinctive sweet smelling hints of thyme spicy tones
• Avocado
  Dark Amber - mellow spicy aroma with a rich flavor and hints of molasses
• Bamboo - Japanese Knotweed
  Dark Amber - robust flavor with hints of caramel and maple notes
• Basswood
  White to Light Amber - persistent flavor, similar to fruits medicinal finish
• Beechwood
  Dark Amber - aromatic honey brew
• Bergamont - Horsemint
  Light Amber - minty spicy flavor with hint of oregano
• Black Mangrove
  Light to Medium Amber - thin body that is mild and sweet with slight butterscotch taste
• Black Sage
  Amber - rich flavor with hints of herbs
• Blackberry
  White to Extra Light Amber - delicate sweet and fruity with notes of blackberry
• Blue Curl
  Extra Light Amber - mild minty and fruity in flavor
• Blueberry
  Light Amber to Amber - fruity flavor with aroma of green leaves and a hint of lemon
• Borage
  Medium to Dark Amber - Delicate and slightly cucumber flavor
• Buckeye - Horse Chestnut
  Dark Amber - caramel and finishes in a nutty flavor
• Buckwheat
  Very Dark Amber - malty strong distinct flavor with molasses taste
• Canola Rapeseed
  White to Light Amber - delicate medium sweetness with a peppery aftertaste
• Carrot
  Medium to Dark Amber - strong with hints of chocolate and caramel grassy aftertaste
• Catclaw Uvalde
  Dark Amber - rich aroma spicy and buttery flavor with a hint of iron
• Catmint
  Dark Amber - piquant flavored and mild
• Cherry Blossom
  Amber - mild and tangy
• Chestnut
  Dark Amber - aggressively woody pungent and aromatic
• Chinese Tallow
  Dark Amber - tangy taste
• Christmas Berry
  Light to Medium Amber - exotic spicy with brown sugar flavor hints of marzipan and chocolate
• Clover
  White to Extra Light Amber - mild floral aroma with notes of green grass tangy aftertaste
• Coffee Blossom
  Light to Dark Amber - delicate with notes of toffee or brown sugar and fragrant jasmine tones
• Coriander
  Light to Medium Amber - spicy citrus with and ginger with a hint of lime
• Cotton
  White to Light Amber - solid floral notes with a tang
• Cranberry
  Medium Amber with Reddish Tint - fruit taste with pungent hints of tart berries tangy
• Curlytop Gumweed
  Dark Amber - sweet caramel taste
• Dandelion Tarassaco
  Amber - pungent aroma with good flavor hints of pepper
• Eucalyptus - Blue Gum
  Light to Medium Amber - cool menthol flavor with malty after taste
• False Acacia - Black Locust
  White to Pale Amber - mild sweet floral flavor with hint of vanilla
• Fir
  Dark Amber - honeydew strong resinous flavor with balsam after taste
• Fireweed - Rosebay Willow
  Light Amber - buttery and fruity but not strong
• Gallberry - Inkberry
  Light Amber - tart floral flavor with hints of citrus slightly burned aftertaste
• Goldenrod
  Light to Medium Amber - sweet floral ske and straw flavor spicy aftertaste pungent aroma
• Guajillo Huajillo
  Light Amber - perfumed smooth honey with hints of lavender or apricot
• Hawthorn
  Pale to Dark Amber - almondy and fruity with a slight bitter taste
• Holly
  Amber - orange aroma with delicate mild taste hints of acidity
• Huckleberry
  Dark Amber - full bodied
• Kiawe - Hawaiian White
  White - overly sweet with notes of menthol a vanilla bean
• Kudzu
  Blush to Purple Color - strong flavor with fruity notes of apple and grape
• Lavender
  Light Amber - sweet with camphor taste and sweet tobacco notes
• Lehua
  White to Golden Amber - delicate floral taste with butterscotch notes
• Lemon Blossom
  Light Amber - fresh taste with tart citrus notes
• Ling Heather
  Dark Amber with Reddish Tint - slightly bitter with hints of woody florals
• Macadamia
  Medium to Dark Amber - sweet aroma with musky floral flavor and hints of butterscotch and nuts
• Mango
  Dark Amber - fruitiness flavor
• Manzanita
  Dark Amber - floral notes woody rich and earthy with slightly peppery flavor
• Maple
  Amber with Green Tinge - hints of lemon and mint with a lasting buttery finish
• Marjoram
  Medium to Dark Amber - minty flavor
• Meadowfoam
  Medium Amber - notes of vanilla and marshmallows
• Misquite
  Dark Amber - smokey and citrusy flavor with delicate aroma
• Milk Thistle
  Medium Amber - mild and slightly bitter with an astringent aftertaste
• Milkweed
  Water White - mild quincalla flavor with slight spicy tang
• Mint
  Amber - sharp aroma with surprising tang
• Mulberry - Noni
  Light Amber - light floral with caramel tones
• Nodding Thistle - Musk Thistle
  Light Amber - delicate floral
• Oak
  Dark Amber - honeydew molasses with caramel notes slightly sharp
• Onion
  Light Amber - strong onion smell that fades but onion flavor remains
• Orange Blossom
  Light to Medium Amber - mild floral citrus aroma with distinctive taste hints of rose
• Palmetto - Saw Palmetto
  White to Light Amber - woody herbal taste with peppery aftertaste
• Pennyroyal
  Amber - pungent aroma comparable to camphor
• Phacelia
  Amber with Green Tinge - mild nice soft lemony scent and taste
• Pomegranate
  Dark Amber - notes of grenadine a hint of root beer and a dried fruit
• Ponderosa Pine
  Dark Amber - honeydew strong aroma and flavor hints of vanilla
• Prickly Pear
  Medium to Dark Amber - fragrant floral and tangy taste hints of strawberries
• Pumpkin
  Medium Amber - hints of pumpkin flavor with spicy notes
• Purple Loosestrife
  Dark Amber with Greenish Tinge - strong unappealing flavor with slight tobacco hint
• Queen Anne's Lace - Wild Carrot
  Light Amber - fragrant rich butterscotch hints
• Radish
  Amber - sweet flavor leaving a dryness in the mouth
• Raspberry
  Extra Light Amber - floral flavor with a slight raspberry taste
• Rhododendron
  Light to Medium Amber - sharp floral and earthy flavor with a lingering finish of wild berries
• Rosemary
  Pale Amber - fragrant with floral notes and mint finish
• Safflower
  Medium Amber - rich cinnamon floral
• Sage
  White to Light Amber - pungent herbal flavor with a floral aftertaste
• Saguaro Cactus
  Amber to Dark Amber - delicate with spice and vanilla notes
• Sainfoin - Lupinella
  Light Amber - intense sweetness and light floral notes
• Silkweed
  Dark Amber - strong scent and flavor spicy notes
• Snowberry - Buckbush
  White to Light Amber - delicate sweet butterscotch notes
• Sorghum
  Dark Amber - taste reminiscent of molasses
• Sourwood - Sorrel Tree
  Medium Amber - sweet buttery with anise and gingerbread notes
• Spanish Needle Tickseed
  Light Amber - pronounced woody flavor
• Star Thistle
  White to Extra Light Amber - floral aroma with candy like taste and notes of anise
• Sunflower
  Amber - nutty flavor of ripe apricots with citrus notes
• Sweet Clover
  Light Amber - mild and very aromatic vanilla scent sweet and peppery
• Tamarisk - Salt Cedar
  Dark Amber - malty savory woody flavors
• Thyme - Hymettus
  Medium to Dark Amber - strong and distinctive suggestions of thyme acidic notes of lemon
• Toyon
  Medium Amber - smoky and nutty complex flavor
• Tulip Poplar - Tulip Tree
  Medium Amber - quince like flavor with smoky hints
• Tupelo - Sour Gum
  White to Light Amber - very sweet and mild with floral taste and cinnamon hints
• Vetch
  Light Amber - fruity flavor with a hint of mint
• White Sage
  Light Amber - floral and herbal aftertaste
• Wintersavory
  Amber with Green Tinge - medium dense aroma with floral notes
• Wild Rose
  Light Pale - sweet very floral
• Yaupon
  White to Light Amber - floral aroma with miled flavor pleasant aftertaste