UNITED KINGDOM | UK1, Edinburgh Lime Blossom | UK2, Scottish Ling Heather | UK3, Welsh Spring Blossom | UK4, London Rooftop | UK5, Cornish Erica |
UK2, Scottish Ling Heather Honey
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The honey
Scottish Ling Heather honey (Calluna Vulgaris) is a crop produced in August in the moorlands and hills of Scotland.
Ling Honey has unique features exhibiting a gel state rather than the normal liquid or solid state. Traditionally this has led to Ling Heather being sold and consumed as cut comb. Ling Heather is also thixotropic where the honey will temporally liquify when mechanically disturbed and then return to a firm gel state after a short time. A property that modern heather loosing technology exploits to allow for honey to be separated with a normal extractor. Ling Heather has a intense earthy malt vinegar like odour, an earthy caramel sweetness and a distinct bitterness on the finish. A persistent honey and one of the UK's most intense honeys. Due to the relatively high protein content (~3% compared with 0.1% for the average honey) and the colder conditions in which Ling flowers bees can struggle to dry the honey below 20% and so this honey can be legally sold with a water content up to 23% The beekeeping
Denrosa Apiaries is one of the largest bee farms in the UK specialising in producing Scottish Ling and Bell Heather Honey for trade and high quality Scottish raised queens.
Based in Coupar Angus, in the historic county of Perthshire Murray McGregor, the MacGregor family and specialised bee team operate 5000 hives nestled in glens filled with Scotland's famous Ling Heather producing 100 tons of Heather honey a year. In addition to bulk honey Denrosa are suppliers of bees, queens, bees wax, and beekeeping equipment. Denrosa is a leading member of the Bee Farmers Association. The UK's professional trade body for bee farming. |
