Post #793158 by rangda on Wed, Feb 13, 2019 7:14 PM

Made a new batch. Color is awful thanks to the (very yummy) palmetto honey I used (which is almost chocolate brown in color), but the taste is amazing. Here is the recipe I used:

• 3 oz honey (by weight) (bee folks palmetto)
• 3 oz unsalted butter (by weight)
• 4.5 tsp cinnamon syrup (BG Reynolds)
• ~2.25 tsp vanilla syrup (BG Reynolds)
• ~2.25 tsp allspice dram (St. Elizabeth)
• 2 grams 9:1 gum arabic:xanthan gum mixture. (Just add 9 parts arabic and 1 part xanthan of whatever measure to a container and shake and then use 2 grams of it.)
• 1 oz everclear

Chunk butter, over medium-low heat combine honey and butter until liquefied (make sure it doesn't boil). Add spices, stir to combine, taste and adjust as necessary. Remove from heat, let cool slightly, add everclear and gum mixture and use an immersion blender to combine. Let cool and bottle.

Careful observers will notice that this is just the normal butter mix recipe from Beachbum Berry except I used 1.5x of all the spices. I've found that whenever I make this stuff it tastes great by itself but the spices always get lost in the pearl diver. I wanted something with more spice flavor in an attempt to make them come through a bit in the drink, so I ended up upping the quantities by 1.5x.

This will make about 8 oz of syrup which is perfect for a 250 ml bottle.