Picking Flowers for Mead/Wine Flavor
On Jun 10, 1:09*pm, (Joel) wrote:
> Pavel314 > wrote:
> >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?
>
> * *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
Great name! You should be in marketing.
Paul
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