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Greengage
04-02-2019, 08:36 AM
I was chatting a local chap at the market selling honey. he was telling me that he has a lot of heather honey but cannot sell it as it is fermenting and blowing the lids off glass jars, he thinks there must be a mix of floral nectar along with heather causing the problems any ideas what is causing it. He said all extracted honey was capped with none uncapped.

Pete L
05-02-2019, 12:27 AM
The moisture content is too high.

Feckless Drone
05-02-2019, 09:15 AM
The presence of any other floral source honey will not be the issue. Heather honey, even capped, will have a water content >20% and if naturally occurring yeasts are not killed off with heat and the honey is stored at too high a temperature then you have water+yeast+sugar+temperature appropriate for fermentation. I guess your friend might be best placed to get some mead going.

Greengage
07-02-2019, 03:24 PM
tks for replies