Hi!

I'm thinking it could be fun to share some syrup ideas, for cocktails or simply with water. What are your favorites? Homemade or commercial, classic or unique :)

For me, I usually have orgeat (with almonds, I haven't tried with other nuts yet) and honey syrup in the fridge. I do also love ginger syrup and passion fruit syrup. I have tried lavender syrup, which was a bit disappointing, but it might have been overstepped.

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[–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

As a Canadian, Maple of course!

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I've been going a little crazy for homemade cardamom syrup. It's a slightly citrusy spice, that has both warm and cool notes. Oddly, I really enjoy it in gin (but also in my tea lattes).

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)
    • 30 crushed pods/ 1:1 water sugar.
    • Bring all to a simmer for 10 minutes, and stir to make sure there's movement around the seeds and the sugar dissolves.
    • Turn off the heat, cover the pot and wait for it to cool before straining.
    • Store in the fridge.

    Sometimes I like to do 1/2 granulated whitebsugar and 1/2 brown sugar, that's a great syrup for oatmeal lol

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I’ve made a rosemary simple syrup a handful of times, and it does a lovely job of gussying up any old drink. Like gin, lemon, soda, with some of that is primo. I just chop up a few tablespoons, add it to 1C water and 1C sugar, and boil it for about 15 minutes, then strain out the rosemary. Easy and effective!

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    A friend brought me some Huckleberry lemonade mix from vacation and I went crazy for a while putting Huckleberry syrup in everything.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I use almond a lot. I also like to have pear and pineapple syrups on hand, maybe peach or apricot. I'm a Monin fan. Torani tend to have more artificial colors, faker flavors, and more preservatives.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I really love a good old fashioned with either maple syrup or brown sugar simple syrup.

    Been experimenting with hot honey in a few things.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Sounds like you may like Falernum.

    Check out a "corn n oil", tastes like a deluxe cola chupa chup.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

    Every spring I make some rhubarb syrup with rhubarb from the garden, specifically to make rhubarb sours, a spring favorite in my house. (I'll find and share the recipe link if anyone is interested.)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yes please share the recipe! Rhubarb is my favorite flavor of jam, I think I would love a rhubarb sour

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Ginger syrup I like, strawberry syrup, and most definitely pineapple syrup. I think pineapple I find the most useful.

    Passion fruit I use the liqueur instead, the Chinola is so good.

    Orgeat is great but I don't use it enough to buy it and it's hard to make a small amount. Made it from avocado pits once, that was cool.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Orgeat from avocado pits sounds really interesting! Do you basically hit the pit hard enough to break it, and then boil it?

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