Sourwood Honey

Container & Size

$16.00

Quantity

Floral Source & Origin

If you visit the southern Appalachian mountains in mid-summer, you may be lucky enough to see an American sourwood tree in full bloom. The trees are covered with showy clusters of white blossoms, which resemble a Lily of the Valley flower. Hence one of the nicknames for the sourwood tree -- Lily of the Valley Tree. Good numbers of these trees are found in North Carolina and Georgia.

Making sourwood honey is not easy. Sourwood trees are scattered here and there on uneven terrain. Beekeepers have to find a flat area to place a few dozen hives and then hope the bees can find the sourwood blooms on nearby hills and mountains. Frequent summer thunderstorms often interrupt nectar collection. As a result, sourwood honey crops tend to be modest in size and the demand for good sourwood honey always exceeds the supply.

Flavor Profile

Sourwood is one of the best honey varieties in the world. It has twice won top honors for "Best Honey" at Apimondia - a biennial convention for the worldwide honey industry. It has a floral-caramel flavor, buttery smooth, with a warm spice finish.

Recent Comment

A customer recently had this to say about our sourwood honey: "Surely this was the honey that was in the Garden of Eden." Now that's saying something!

Available Sizes

We offer this remarkable honey in three sizes:

8 ounce plastic bottle
15 ounce glass jar
1 pound plastic bottle

Delicious different and so flavorful!!!! We’re enjoying very much!! Glad I purchased two!!!!

Oh, My Sweet Lovely Sourwood.

Smiley Honey, you are turning me into a "Honey Snob". Please, don't stop. Thank you for offering Sourwood Honey. It is Luscious!

Excellent

My favorite honey

Sourwood honey is by far the best honey on planet Earth!! Try it for yourself and see. Super fast shipping got it here 4 days sooner than expected. Thank you!!

tasty and good quality

Taste is really nice and honey is clear gold color. It is a somewhat different or heavier flavor compared to NC Sourwood honey. Smiley's product is excellent quality and we are die-hard customers of Smiley Honey; any item they sell is exceptional - treat yourself !!

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