making belgian candi syrup

[mattybabsy]

hi guys

following a recipie from basic brewing vids

making some here atm, and following this recipie:

2lbs sugar
1 cup water
3 tsp of diammonium phosphate/ammonium sulphate (youngs yeast nutrient)

goto 290 oF
add another cup
bring back to 290
and a thrid cup of water
bring to 240.


anyways, going ok. the smell is not what i expected. it smells sweet, but the initial smell as its boiling is more acid/sulphuric. I'm a little concerned about this. kind of smell will give me a headache soon!

thoughts?

thanks

Matthew

[Spud395]

I made some dark candi syrup recently, turned out well.
I used 1Kg sugar, a little lemon juice and enough water to disolve the sugar.
I boiled up to 180C if I remember rightly, keeping a close eye on the temp.
Things happen very quickly at this temp.
Rehydrated with boiling water to a liter, you need a big pot for this and add water slowly and carefully, lots of splattering very hot sugar around.