Welcome to Booze on the Rocks, where we make cocktails for everyone.
My name is David Edwards, and it's great to have you here today.
We're going to make Simple Syrup.
And this is all to show you
how you can make simple sirup at home and save yourself some money.
Now, simple sirup or sugar sirup, as it's
sometimes called, and those terms are interchangeable.
Is the basics of one of the fundamentals of cocktail creation.
And when I say that, you'll actually find some form
of sirup in almost every type of cocktail.
So with the basics here of simple sirup, you'll be able to play around
and make some changes, add fruit, add different types of spices
to give yourself a wide variety of flavors while also sweetening your cocktail.
Now you only need a couple of things.
The first thing you need
is some kind of element, something that you can warm it up.
You can use a pot.
I'm using a glass dish
just so that you can actually see what's physically happening.
You're going to need something to stir it with.
You'll need water, you'll need some sugar.
And that's white granulated sugar, also known as caster sugar.
You'll also need a couple of things like a funnel and a bottle
to store it in the fridge. Right.
So really simple.
Simple sirup is a 1 to 1 ratio.
And when I say one one ratio, I mean one part water, one part sugar
in equal amount, either volume metrically or if it's scaled out by mass.
Now, we're going to start this with water, and I'm using
eight ounces, which is 240 milliliters of water.
The next thing we're going to add now
is our white sugar, our granulated sugar caster sugar, whatever you want called.
And you want to use the exact same amount of eight ounces
or 204 grams.
After you've thrown these together,
you want to actually set your heat to a medium heat.
You don't want to heat
it really fast or really hard because you don't want this to boil.
So what you will do is you will actually begin stirring this
to begin the process
of actually having the sugar absorbed into the water.
So what you're going to do
is you're going to continuously stir this while you're actually heating this up.
So what's going to happen is you have the sugar molecule,
which is being absorbed directly by the water molecule.
And the reason you're stirring this is you just want to make sure that
it doesn't stick to the bottom because you don't want this to caramelize.
You want this to be clear, to have the sweetness,
but without adding or changing the color of the cocktail that you're working on.
And this whole process is going to take you roughly between 3 to 5 minutes,
depending upon the heat that you're using and the constant agitation
that you are giving this.
And as you can tell, it's actually clearing up even more.
And as you can tell, this is clearing up quite a lot.
In fact, it's almost transparent as we speak.
And you'll just keep going.
You want it to go completely clear just like this.
Once you've got it to this stage, you're essentially done.
It's clear. It's just exactly what you want.
So turn your heat off and let it cool down for a bit.
So set this off to the side.
Now, one of the questions that you're going to ask me is, David,
how long will basic, simple sirup last in your fridge for?
And that's a month.
Now, you could get something that store bought
and stabilized, so it'll give you a longer lasting period.
However, you're going to pay more for it, and you're also going
to get some additives that you really just don't want to have.
So all you want to do is fill your bottle up
and here you
go, your very own 1 to 1, simple sirup,
and you're going to get just enough out of this.
And because of the way the water molecules and the sugar
molecules go together, you really don't need a bigger bottle.
I would use something that's ten ounces or 300 milliliters.
I'm using an eight ounce paddle.
That's why I have a little bit left over.
And there you go.
Simple sirup for your cocktails.
Put it in the fridge.
Let it cool down and away you go.
If you like Sirups.
And how to make them in other cocktail ingredients.
Take a look right up here.