Syrup makes balanced rum Cocktails

The most loved drinks contain sugar syrup, which is very easy to make yourself. Here you get a simple recipe for mix, which you can then store in a glass bottle in the fridge and take until the drinks night.

The sweetener is a vital part of many drinks and desserts, especially daiquiri cocktails. It is made by simply heating water and sugar, which causes it to hydrolyze. This means that the sugar is split into two simpler sugars glucose and fructose.

This sweetener has completely different properties from sugar. It is just mixed with water without having been heated to the right temperature.

Syrup for better balance

The syrup gives a better taste that is both up to 30% sweeter and also healthier. It also binds more liquid. This means that your drinks and desserts have a much finer texture. It becomes both smoother and creamier and not watery as it would have been without the sugar layer.

Other properties that change are longer shelf life and higher freezing and boiling points. Therefore, it is important to let the sugar come to the right temperature and not just 100 degrees.

You may want to let your sweet-mix simmer for about 10 minutes, just make sure it doesn’t boil too hard and caramelize. It may sound complicated with sugar mix, but with a good kitchen thermometer it is as simple as possible and the results speak for themselves.

Sustainability

The sweetener lasts at least 1-2 weeks in the fridge, but often longer as long as no unwanted bacteria have gotten into the sugar syrup. If you wish to extend the shelf life further, a little vodka can be mixed in (around 1 dl for this recipe).

More about syrup for cocktails

What is sugar syrup made of?

You only need two ingredients for your basic simple mix recipe: water and sugar. The most common ratio for simple mix is equal parts water to sugar. However, this doesn’t mean that you couldn’t make the syrup richer by using more sugar or leaner by using less sugar.

What is sugar syrup used for?

Also referred to as “sugar syrup” is a liquefied form of sugar. Commonly used to sweeten cocktails, iced tea, iced coffee, lemonade, and other cold drinks. Because it is a liquid sweetener, it is much easier to blend into cold beverages than regular sugar.

What can I use instead of sugar syrup?

1. Maple. The best simple substitute we’ve found? Maple syrup. …
2. Agave. Agave syrup is also a good substitute for simple syrup in cocktails (it’s sometimes used to sweeten margaritas). The nectar comes from the agave plant. …
3. Honey. Honey is another good substitute.

Can you buy simple sugar syrup?

Simple syrup can often be found in bottles at liquor stores with an extensive mixers section. And you may find some flavored syrups as well. However, simple mix could not be easier to make at home, only requiring sugar and water.

Glucose or sugar?

Glucose is a refined and concentrated solution of dextrose, maltose, and higher saccharides. Obtained by hydrolysis of starch. It is more distinct than sugar, partly because it is syeup. This means that the solution is a thick, sweetish liquid.

Keep it fresh?

The mix lasts for at least two weeks, and up to six months depending on the consistency and if kept in the fridge. If made hot then rich simple syrup, mixed with two parts sugar to one part water, can last up to six months.

How do you thicken sugar syrup?

Cornstarch is the most common additive used for thickening. Add the powdered ingredient sparingly, however. Because the jewel-like tones of fruit and maple syrups can become cloudy or grainy with excessive amounts. Before adding cornstarch to the syrup, mix it with water in roughly equal parts.

Bartender sugar syrup

If you like to make a bartender recipes make instead 60/40 sugar and water. Its makes it a little sweeter but also try it and see what you think.