A monthly newsletter for cocktail lovers and home bartenders! Simple Syrup Monthly delivers unique, seasonal syrup recipes straight to your inbox. Whether youā€™re building a better Old Fashioned or experimenting with new flavors, these homemade syrups will help you shake, stir, and serve like a pro.
One of the things I hoped would happen when I launched theĀ Cocktail Club was that members would start teaching me things. Not in like a formal way necessarily... just the natural result of being in a "room" (even an online one) with curious, passionate people who are all working on something.
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Peaches have a short window. You know this. One week they're not quite there, and then suddenly they're perfect, and then before you've had enough of them the season is over and you're back to grocery store peaches that taste pretty bleh.
This syrup is about using that window well.
The method is...
I'll be upfront: this is essentially the same recipe as last month's strawberry syrup. Literally the exact same thing.Ā Same method. Same ratios even... it's just a different berry.
I almost didn't post this for that reason. But then I made a batch and put it in a drink and it was just so friggin...
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Most infused oils go brown. You blend basil with oil and within hours it oxidizes, turns murky, tastes bitter. So it's not exactly useful.
Blanching fixes this. A quick dip in boiling water sets the color, kills the enzymes that cause browning, and keeps the basil bright. It's the step that ma...
Fresh strawberries are at their peak right now, and if you've got access to good ones (the kind that actually taste like strawberries and not styrofoam) it's worth turning some of them into syrup while they're in season.
This is a no (or very low) heat method. You macerate the berries with sugar...
A few months ago, I sent you a note about an idea I'd been sitting with: a private space for people who make cocktails (both at home, and professionally) to connect, share what they're working on, and learn from each other without all the noise that comes with most online platforms.
I've been bu...
There's a question that comes up once you start making syrups for yourself: when should I actually make a syrup, and when should I just muddle the ingredient instead?
It's a fair question. Making a syrup can take time: heating, steeping, cooling, straining, storing. Muddling takes ten seconds an...
Orgeat is one of those syrups that feels more intimidating than it actually is. I'm preaching to myself here, because after about 9 years of being this internet "cocktail guy," this month was my first time making it myself. Yeah it's a bit of work, but woah... WORTH IT.
Orgeat shows up in tiki d...
It's only ever so slightly different from my usual High-Proof Preacher content, but my Cocktail Camera YouTube channel has a brand new video today that focusses on three Old Fashioned riffs, and using three different syrups. It's a chance to see how much a syrup can shift the direction of a drin...
Tea doesn't get used in cocktails as much as it should. Maybe it's because tea feels too delicate... like it won't hold up against citrus or spirits (a valid concern). Or maybe it's because we haven't been shown good, simple ways to make it work without overthinking it.
This syrup is proof that ...
There's a question that comes up a lot when people start paying closer attention to their home bar: why do some recipes call for simple syrup and others call for "rich" or 2:1 ratio simple syrup? If you've ever wondered whether rich just means sweeter (and whether that matters) this special edit...
Ginger is one of the most useful flavors in cocktailsā€”and one of the most over-engineered. Too many recipes send you straight to a juicer or have you wrestling with cheesecloth like you're prepping for service at a cocktail bar.
This syrup keeps things simple. Real ginger heat. Real freshness. N...
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