Aged golden syrup?
Moderator: Site Moderator
Aged golden syrup?
My favourite chef is Heston Blumenthal and his recipe for Treacle Tart calls for aged golden syrup. Apparently it gives the tart a deeper and more complex flavour and is achieved by heating the syrup in the tin to 70°C (126°F) for 3 days before use...
So... Who wants to try it and then make some rum with it?
So... Who wants to try it and then make some rum with it?
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
-
- Distiller
- Posts: 1131
- Joined: Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:46 am
- Location: lost in the bush with the rest of the kiwis
Re: Aged golden syrup?
well thats very interesting,
i wonder if it inverts some sugar or something
sounds like a cool project
i wonder if it inverts some sugar or something
sounds like a cool project
-
- Rumrunner
- Posts: 682
- Joined: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:56 pm
- Location: Alberta
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Hangover? I don't get no stinking hangover!
- phillmystill
- Swill Maker
- Posts: 209
- Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:57 am
- Location: Derbyshire, England
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Sounds to me like some kind of Maillard reaction is taking place as 70C would be too cool for it to be caramelization.
I've seen a similar type of thing where a can of sweetened condensed milk is simmered in a pan of water for several hours and produces a thick brown "toffee" sauce.
I've seen a similar type of thing where a can of sweetened condensed milk is simmered in a pan of water for several hours and produces a thick brown "toffee" sauce.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
― Mae West
― Mae West
- Capt Tiller
- Novice
- Posts: 31
- Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:35 pm
- Location: Cruzin' the 7 seas, laddy, seeking the pirate spirit. AARRRRH.
Re: Aged golden syrup?
I've been using Golden syrup for the past 5 years in my rum wash.
It's leaves a delicate flavour, I age it on oak with some cinnamon, vanilla and a couple of raisins.
I have a solara setup to age, after 5 years it's nearly there, reserved for special occasions now, can't wait to see what the next 5 years do.
As an experiment, I currently doing a run with 5 year mother and 3 cinnamon quills in a thumper, will let you know later how it turns out.
It's leaves a delicate flavour, I age it on oak with some cinnamon, vanilla and a couple of raisins.
I have a solara setup to age, after 5 years it's nearly there, reserved for special occasions now, can't wait to see what the next 5 years do.
As an experiment, I currently doing a run with 5 year mother and 3 cinnamon quills in a thumper, will let you know later how it turns out.
Pirate Brewer, distiller and bottle washer of the Capt's. favourite Pirate spirit, none other than Capt. Tiller's Pirate Rum.
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Capt Tiller wrote:I've been using Golden syrup for the past 5 years in my rum wash.
It's leaves a delicate flavour, I age it on oak with some cinnamon, vanilla and a couple of raisins.
I have a solara setup to age, after 5 years it's nearly there, reserved for special occasions now, can't wait to see what the next 5 years do.
As an experiment, I currently doing a run with 5 year mother and 3 cinnamon quills in a thumper, will let you know later how it turns out.
So you are adding to finished product or fermenting with the syrup?
Trample the injured and hurdle the dead.
Re: Aged golden syrup?
That sounds like dark belgian candi syrup to me. They sell at least three different colors at my LHBS, the dark one is very dark. Definitely has more depth of flavor to it, though I've only ever brewed with it, never made a spirit
I buy all my liquor at the hardware store.
- Capt Tiller
- Novice
- Posts: 31
- Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:35 pm
- Location: Cruzin' the 7 seas, laddy, seeking the pirate spirit. AARRRRH.
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Fermenting it.
I have a 30L Mother, which is aged nicely as a starter.
I buy Golden Syrup in 6*500ml plastic containers, mix with 16L of water, add 4L of mother as a starter, top up to 30L with fresh water. Then sit back and wait, can take up top 3 months to ferment, but worth the wait.
I have a 30L Mother, which is aged nicely as a starter.
I buy Golden Syrup in 6*500ml plastic containers, mix with 16L of water, add 4L of mother as a starter, top up to 30L with fresh water. Then sit back and wait, can take up top 3 months to ferment, but worth the wait.
Pirate Brewer, distiller and bottle washer of the Capt's. favourite Pirate spirit, none other than Capt. Tiller's Pirate Rum.
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Picked up 7.25kg of golden syrup yesterday. Going to try to 'age' it next week
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Trials are great fun. I use a polystyrene box, lamps, and a controller for this kind of experiment.
The last one I did was 'fermented' black garlic. Superb result. It made a luxury condiment that can't be bought where I live.
The last one I did was 'fermented' black garlic. Superb result. It made a luxury condiment that can't be bought where I live.
Re: Aged golden syrup?
I'm going to put the sousvide supreme to good use!
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Tastes much more toffee like than the unaged syrup
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
Re: Aged golden syrup?
I think this will take away a certain amount of horsepower, i.e. convert fermentable sugars to unfermentable ones.
Re: Aged golden syrup?
You may be right. The yield from non-aged syrup has been ok (nothing spectacular mind).
I've not got round to using the aged syrup yet. I've been busy.
I've not got round to using the aged syrup yet. I've been busy.
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
Re: Aged golden syrup?
If you aged agave nectar this way... Would it make a more tequila like drink, do you think?
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
Re: Aged golden syrup?
So... To see how good the aged golden syrup is I made a control batch of non aged golden syrup wash and last week stripped it and did a spirit run. Tasted it for the first time today to cut and blend and it all tastes crappy to me.
I'll run it again and see what happens
I'll run it again and see what happens
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
Re: Aged golden syrup?
Muuuch better this time around
Best place to start for newbies - click here - Courtesy of Cranky :-)
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!
If you have used this site to save money by making your own top quality booze at home then please consider donating a couple of dollars to help keep this site running. Cheers!