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Picking Flowers for Mead/Wine Flavor

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Pavel314

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Jun 10, 2009, 12:46:52 PM6/10/09
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I've made a few batches of rose flavored mead over the years by adding
petals to the batch and plan on another batch this year. Does anyone
have opinions about the best time of day to pick the roses? I know,
the stock answer is "while ye may", but does time make any difference?
I would think that morning would be best, before the heat and light of
day drain the oils and essences. Any votes for evening? Or High Noon?
Midnight?

Paul

Joel

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Jun 10, 2009, 1:09:29 PM6/10/09
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I vote midnight, just because Midnight Rose Mead would be
a cool name. ;-)
--
Joel Plutchak

"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any
other reason but because they are not already common." - John Locke

Steve Peek

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Jun 10, 2009, 2:43:57 PM6/10/09
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I don't know about the roses, but honeysuckle is much more aromatic in the
morning.
Steve
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Pavel314

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Jun 10, 2009, 3:48:26 PM6/10/09
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On Jun 10, 1:09 pm, plutc...@see.headers (Joel) wrote:

Great name! You should be in marketing.

Paul

Paul E. Lehmann

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Jun 10, 2009, 8:51:14 PM6/10/09
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Steve Peek wrote:

> I don't know about the roses, but honeysuckle is much more aromatic in the
> morning.
> Steve
> "Joel" <plut...@see.headers> wrote in message
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I have been thinking of honeysuckle to add to some mead. Any ideas,
quantity, etc?

Paul E. Lehmann

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Jun 10, 2009, 8:52:44 PM6/10/09
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Pavel314 wrote:

I hope your source for roses is not those that have been sprayed. The ones
I have used in the past were late season roses that bloomed after I quit
spraying my grapes.

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