Find us at Farm Gate Market on Bathurst Street, Hobart every Sunday and Facebook and Instagram or contact us directly.
Every Sunday
Farm Gate Market, Bathurst Street, Hobart
We are apiarists specializing in the production of Pure, Raw, Unheated, Cold-extracted, Unfiltered Tasmanian Honey and Manuka Honey. Our Honey and Manuka Honey is produced in the pristine Forests and Wilderness World Heritage Areas of Tasmania.
Ross Gordon
store owner
We are a small family owned beekeeping business specializing in the production of cold extracted, raw, unheated Tasmanian honeys, particularly Manuka and Leatherwood. We are based in the Huon Valley with apiary sites spread through the Huon, Picton, Florentine and Styx regions. Since the bushfires of 2019 we have also begun production on Tasmania’s West Coast. Most of our honey production occurs in Tasmanian State Forests, including Wilderness World Heritage areas.
From very humble beginnings we have built the business from the ground up by manufacturing all of our own equipment and rehoming mainly ‘rescue bees’ collected from walls, chimneys, tree stumps, water meter boxes, compost bins and the like, saving them from extermination.
We pride ourselves on our ethos and have won numerous awards for our products.
We try to celebrate the differences in our floral sources by separating rather than blending our products. This results in small, ever changing batches.
We also provide extensive pollination services to many of the fruit orchards in the Huon region.
Grumpy Bee Blue Gum honey in Tasmania derives from the flowers of a uniquely Tasmanian subspecies of Eucalyptus globulus. It is the state’s floral emblem and vital to some of our rarest parrots. It was also Blue Gum that caught the attention of the first French explorers to our shores at Recherche Bay. Flowering is fickle so enjoy it while you can. Although mild, it is by no means boring and many beekeepers describe it as their favourite honey. It’s particularly useful as a sweetener for tea and coffee as the subtle caramel notes typical of eucalypt honeys are understated in Blue Gum honey, and compliment rather than overpower.
Tasting notes
An orange blossom aroma leads into top flavours of tropical fruit and fig with base notes of toffee and butterscotch, finishing with spicy clove.
Enjoy with a bold cheddar.
Find us at Farm Gate Market on Bathurst Street, Hobart every Sunday and Facebook and Instagram or contact us directly.