Scored 2L of maple syrup - what to brew?

[shacked]

Had a friend from Canada stop by the other day and he gave me 2L of pure maple syrup as a gift. I'm not a huge fan of eating the stuff but I do love turning sugars into alcohol.

It's No. 1 Medium (http://www.maplesyrupworld.com/pages/Maple-Syrup-Grading.html).

Not sure what to brew with it (I brew all grain). Any suggestions?

 

[Mardoo]

A friend of mine brewed a maple wine once. It was totally awesome. After a year of conditioning it tasted like cognac. Stunning! You could do a 7litre batch and end up around 15%. That approximates his OG and ABV. Yeast choice would be very important. Off the top of my head I'd go with WL099

I would go no-boil, as for mead.

 

[MHB]

Well the Voodoo Doughnut by Rogue is pretty memorable

Not just for the nice restful bottle colour, I think the Maple was added as a post fermentation addition, I would suspect after filtering, so could be added directly to a kegged beer, provided you kept it cold from then on.
Mark

 

[Mardoo]

Briess cherry-smoked malt * maple syrup = maple/bacon beer??? Maybe...

 

[MastersBrewery]

I've done this as a small ferment addition in some pales, it certainly adds another layer to the finished beer. As with all things balance is key.

 

[JDW81]

Had a friend from Canada stop by the other day and he gave me 2L of pure maple syrup as a gift. I'm not a huge fan of eating the stuff but I do love turning sugars into alcohol.

It's No. 1 Medium (http://www.maplesyrupworld.com/pages/Maple-Syrup-Grading.html).

Not sure what to brew with it (I brew all grain). Any suggestions?

It makes a great addition to middle eastern and north African dishes.

 

[technobabble66]

Invent a new style:
Canadian Dubbel - replace candy syrup with maple syrup!
Probably only need 0.5-1L in a batch, so you could do one batch, see how it goes then tweak and do a second.

 

[technobabble66]

Or you could do a Canadian-style UK ESB or IPA - like how the Brits have been known to use sugaz in their brewing of bitters, etc. Again replace the sugaz with maple syrup.


Personally, i think its manna from heaven & awesomely yummy, so i can't imagine why you wouldn't just eat it normally - It's what God, Allah, Buddha & Shiva use on their pancakes when they breakfast together!!

 

[shacked]

Personally, i think its manna from heaven & awesomely yummy, so i can't imagine why you wouldn't just eat it normally - It's what God, Allah, Buddha & Shiva use on their pancakes when they breakfast together!!

just not my bag really. I might try putting it on some bacon and then putting that bacon on pancakes; Canada style. mmmm... bacon.

 

[shacked]

Briess cherry-smoked malt * maple syrup = maple/bacon beer??? Maybe...

Now we are talking!!

 

[Midnight Brew]

Errrm maple syrup is a bad brewing ingredient...best send that down to me and I'll sort out the disposal for free.

 

[sp0rk]

Paging GABBA110360, he made a smoked beer with maple syrup in it that was rather delicious

 

[Red Baron]

Maple Coffee Breakfast Stout. Do it!

Cheers,
RB

 

[jimmy_jangles]

just not my bag really. I might try putting it on some bacon and then putting that bacon on pancakes; Canada style. mmmm... bacon.

do yourself a favour and throw some strawberries on that as well and you have a breakfast to kill for!

 

[Pogierob]

I cannot see where you are, but for the love of maple, please make some pancakes.

 

[adryargument]

Maple glazed ribs

 

[lael]

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/01/founders-canadian-breakfast-stout-review-compared-to-kbs.html

 

[lael]

I'm about to bottle a clone of Kentucky breakfast stout... Its delicious. Can only imagine trying the Canadian would be sublime.

 

[shacked]

I'm about to bottle a clone of Kentucky breakfast stout... Its delicious. Can only imagine trying the Canadian would be sublime.

Chocolate and oatmeal imperial-ish stout then coffee and maple syrup in the secondary? Interesting...

 

[Mardoo]

I'd think it'll get lost in a stout. Darkest I myself would go is amber. Brew an Amber and special order White Labs bourbon yeast. Use the maple syrup as a late addition and age the final beer on lightly charred oak blocks. Damn, I may have to give that a go. That and the maple glazed ribs!