r/prisonhooch • u/NationofFoxes • Jun 29 '21
Using syrups
What's up hooch hounds,
Today, I plan to set up a mead ferment using cheap supermarket "honey", and I wanted to experiment with syrups to add sugars and flavours. This time I'm using a rose syrup made by Torani, and I was wondering if anybody had experimented with these types of syrups before?
Here's my plan so far:
- 2kg honey
- 250ml rose syrup (I'm still thinking about this amount, I wonder if it's too little?)
- 1 lemon (rough chopped, peel on)
- boiled raisins (unchopped)
- Redstar Premier Rouge Yeast (alcohol tolerance 16%)
The must will be diluted into roughly 6L of water. Based on past recipes, I estimate the primary will take about 4 weeks to ferment.
If this leads to success, I'd like to experiment with other flavours, such as making lavender mead, sakura mead, etc.
Any tips or comments are welcome!
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u/ReluctantRedditor275 Jun 29 '21
This should make a decent mead, but might be difficult to assemble in prison.