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    Default Maple Syrup Alcohol

    can maple syrup be used to make alcohol?

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    it can be used to inhance a beer product, I have done that. To use pure syrup to make alcohol? I'm not sure.
    I made a porter a few times and after the first 1o days or so I dumped 1/2 gal of C into it, let it ferment another 10 to 14 days. It was good

    You make "mead" out of honey I wonder if you can make it out of syrup?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Flat Lander Sugaring View Post
    it can be used to inhance a beer product, I have done that. To use pure syrup to make alcohol? I'm not sure.
    I made a porter a few times and after the first 1o days or so I dumped 1/2 gal of C into it, let it ferment another 10 to 14 days. It was good

    You make "mead" out of honey I wonder if you can make it out of syrup?
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    I have made maple mead and maple sap wine--both are fun to make and enjoyable.There are plenty of recipes online.
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    Quote Originally Posted by latewood View Post
    I have made maple mead and maple sap wine--both are fun to make and enjoyable.There are plenty of recipes online.
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    I use maple syrup to start our apple cider wine. There is a winery at Seneca Falls NY that makes a maple liquor.
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    I've made maple wine a couple of times. Dilute B syrup to 21 brix, adjust acid and add yeast. I'm going to start using syrup to sweeten some of my wines, like apple.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rgoldman723 View Post
    can maple syrup be used to make alcohol?
    Pretty much anything with a high enough sugar content can be fermented to make alcohol.
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    Here's a local distillery that uses maple syrup.

    http://www.greatlakesdistillery.com/rum.htm
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