On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 2:38:10 PM UTC-7, gtr wrote:
> On 2015-10-17 20:00:13 +0000, ImStillMags said:
>
> >> When you say "cocktail syrups", you mean something you add to liquor>
> >> and soda and make something fun and entertaining?
> >
> > Yes, bars today are making their own syrups, tonics, and bitters and
> > you can customize to your own imagination. There are a lot of ideas
> > out there. I googled around and put together my own cobbled up recipe
> > for the tonic syrup I'm going to make. I have a soda stream and using
> > that and making my own syrup saves a ton of money plus it's fun to do.
>
> I'll be interested in hearing your recipe as you refine it. I actually
> saw a book somewhere (in what they call a "book store" if you remember
> those) on the topic of making bitters. They didn't look to complex but
> a number of them had long slow "cook down" periods with ingredients.

I'm making tonic syrup for making tonic water with the soda stream or gin/vodka tonics with the syrup, spirit and carbonated water.

I have the first batch cooling right now. I'll post the recipe and methodology when It's finished which will be in a day or two....it has to sit, cool, settle, strain, etc.