Its All a Learning Process

Dropped off my entry at the Charles County Fair tonight and the judge happened to be there so I asked him about how honey is judged, never having done this before. I can tick off the things I've done wrong already!

Tick 1 — Different colored lids. Not knowing what this is all about I used what I had on hand.

Tick 2 — Jars should be filled with honey to the bottom of the lid. I have one jar just slightly too low - about the thickness of a bee's wing.

Tick 3 — There should be no bubbles on the top of the honey. My jars fell over in my bag en route to the fair so when he opened one, of course there were bubbles!

Yikes! It's not looking good, is it? There were already 6 other entries looking full and bubble-free so I probably don't stand a chance at this point. But I am looking forward to learning the color grade and water content as both will be determined by the judges.