One landscape, one beekeeper. Mullabane sits in the foothills of the Cooley Mountains, above Carlingford Lough, and every jar tastes of this place.
It is a specific landscape: heather moorland at altitude, hedgerow fields below, the lough to the south. Each habitat sends something different back to the hive.
Open moorland at altitude, where the bell heather gives a dark, bold and aromatic honey with an almost port-like depth.
Sheltered wildflower fields below the slopes, the source of the lighter, floral honey and the everyday clear jar.
Ivy along the stone walls flowers late, when most forage has finished, for a pale, firm-set, distinctly Irish honey.
Bell heather from the mountain slopes tastes nothing like spring blossom from the hedgerows. The same beekeeper, the same bees, the same peninsula, and yet several distinct honeys across a single year, because the bees are working different ground in different seasons.
That is what single-origin means. The honey changes with the season and the flowers, and no other producer comes from this exact landscape. The character of every jar comes from what is flowering here, in this season.
Peninsula Honey is sold direct for local collection at Mullabane, Carlingford, and at markets around the peninsula. You will also find it in local shops: Barry's, McCrystals, Omeath Post Office, The Pantri and Conyards.