The official homemade syrup preservation thread - Tiki Drinks and Food

H howlinowl Tiki Socialite Port Saint Lucie, FL Joined: Jul 20, 2008 Posts: 335	H howlinowl Posted posted on Thu, May 5, 2016 4:35 PM Simple syrup and cinnamon simple syrup I make in small batches. Usually a small juice glass (probably about 6 oz) water to a small juice glass of sugar. Plain simple syrup is made cold process and the cinnamon syrup is hot with 3 sticks. Between using them in cocktails, coffee, tea, lemonade....I rip through them quite fast, within a couple of days. I keep them in squirt bottles and the bottles are dedicated to each (simple syrup bottle always gets simple syrup, cinnamon syrup bottle always gets cinnamon syrup). I wash the bottles using liquid soap, hot water and a bottle brush. Never had any go bad, but if it were on it's way, I probably used them up before it was noticeable. They, along with all my syrups, go in the fridge (figure it can't hurt). I'm on my first bottle of homemade passion fruit syrup. At first I had a brand called Cena, but the local grocery quit carrying it. Made some homemade, then a short while ago the local grocery started carrying a brand called Poly. Haven't tried the Poly yet, still working on the homemade. Stored in a simular bottle as yours, but mine were purchased with some kind of sparkling Lemonade and I repurposed the bottles after it was gone. Bottles are washed the same as the squeeze ones above. I also used these bottles to store leftover pineapple juice after I open a can. Used to use plastic bottles that previously held commercial pineapple juice, but the juice lasted much longer in the glass than the plastic. Dunno if air permeates (hope thats the right word) the the plastic or the plastic just holds on to bacteria, ect better. Orgeat I keep in a plastic Finest Call bottle. I'm planning on changing that one to glass too. Orgeat is somebody's "Emergency Orgeat" recipe that I found online. I tweaked it a bit (little more almond extract) and use Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Original Unsweetened Almond Milk (wife is already buying it and I just sneak a cup every once in a while....). I also half of the called for rum, it called for 2 oz of white rum and I use 1 oz of Overproof just because I got a bottle and the only use I can think for the stuff besides volcano bowls is go-go juice for top fuel dragsters. I'd suggest getting a bottle brush to make sure you get out as much funkies as possible when cleaning. If some syrup goes bad, maybe use some bleach/water solution to sanitize your glass bottles before the next batch. Funky plastic bottles I'd probably toss. howlinowl

Simple syrup and cinnamon simple syrup I make in small batches. Usually a small juice glass (probably about 6 oz) water to a small juice glass of sugar. Plain simple syrup is made cold process and the cinnamon syrup is hot with 3 sticks. Between using them in cocktails, coffee, tea, lemonade....I rip through them quite fast, within a couple of days. I keep them in squirt bottles and the bottles are dedicated to each (simple syrup bottle always gets simple syrup, cinnamon syrup bottle always gets cinnamon syrup). I wash the bottles using liquid soap, hot water and a bottle brush. Never had any go bad, but if it were on it's way, I probably used them up before it was noticeable. They, along with all my syrups, go in the fridge (figure it can't hurt).

I'm on my first bottle of homemade passion fruit syrup. At first I had a brand called Cena, but the local grocery quit carrying it. Made some homemade, then a short while ago the local grocery started carrying a brand called Poly. Haven't tried the Poly yet, still working on the homemade. Stored in a simular bottle as yours, but mine were purchased with some kind of sparkling Lemonade and I repurposed the bottles after it was gone. Bottles are washed the same as the squeeze ones above. I also used these bottles to store leftover pineapple juice after I open a can. Used to use plastic bottles that previously held commercial pineapple juice, but the juice lasted much longer in the glass than the plastic. Dunno if air permeates (hope thats the right word) the the plastic or the plastic just holds on to bacteria, ect better.

Orgeat I keep in a plastic Finest Call bottle. I'm planning on changing that one to glass too. Orgeat is somebody's "Emergency Orgeat" recipe that I found online. I tweaked it a bit (little more almond extract) and use Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Original Unsweetened Almond Milk (wife is already buying it and I just sneak a cup every once in a while....). I also half of the called for rum, it called for 2 oz of white rum and I use 1 oz of Overproof just because I got a bottle and the only use I can think for the stuff besides volcano bowls is go-go juice for top fuel dragsters.

I'd suggest getting a bottle brush to make sure you get out as much funkies as possible when cleaning. If some syrup goes bad, maybe use some bleach/water solution to sanitize your glass bottles before the next batch. Funky plastic bottles I'd probably toss.

howlinowl

Post #763376 by howlinowl on Thu, May 5, 2016 4:35 PM