Sweet Clover Honey

Dakota Summer in a Jar

Yellow sweet clover blooms across the Dakotas in late summer. Tall spikes of flowers blanket open pastures under big sky. The fragrance is strong enough to smell from a distance. Bees and bumblebees work them during their bloom from June until August, and the honey that results tastes like cinnamon and nutmeg mixed with thick sweetness.

What Makes Our Sweet Clover Honey Special?

• Great Plains sourcing: Harvested from beekeepers in the Dakotas, where sweet clover grows in open, unsprayed grasslands and roadsides during its brief summer peak. The terroir of the northern plains comes through in the honey's clean, uncomplicated flavor.
• Raw and minimally filtered: Never heated above hive temperature, never stripped of its natural pollen and enzymes. This is honey the way it comes out of the comb — 11 oz of it.
• A crystallizing honey: Sweet clover honey crystallizes to a smooth, spreadable consistency over time — a sign of its raw quality, not a defect. Warm the jar gently in a bowl of warm water if you prefer it liquid.
• Mild enough for anything: Where stronger varietals like buckwheat or wildflower have opinions about what they pair with, sweet clover goes along with almost everything. It won't overwhelm a delicate vinaigrette, a bowl of oatmeal, or a cup of tea.

A honey this versatile belongs in your kitchen year-round — pick up a jar and find out how often you reach for it.

How to use: Use sweet clover honey anywhere you want sweetness without weight: stir it into plain yogurt, drizzle it over a fruit salad, blend it into a vinaigrette, whisk it into marinades and BBQ sauces, or use it wherever a recipe calls for honey and you want the honey to stay in the background. It dissolves readily into warm liquids, making it a natural choice for tea and warm lemon drinks in cooler months.