Yup, I did it. I saw them there. I wondered. I bought 3 500ml bottles of them. I started a batch.
Interesting experience so far - I tried to float my hydrometer in the syrup as-is, and it was so high it was an inch+ past the bottom of the scale! I cut with with an equal volume of water and the SG was 1.110, so assuming that it started at 1.220 I used the online fermcalc tool to calculate how much water would be needed to take the syrup to 1.085 ... . .. . . ..
It turns out that putting 1.5 L (all three bottles) into a 160 oz jug and filling to the maximum height I was comfortable with (allowing room for foam/expansion) was perfect. I validated it after diluting to that level and it was spot-on. I also added a tsp of pectic enzyme, 3 tsp of yeast nutrient and 1/2 tsp of tannin, mixed well and used EC-1118 yeast.
I just put it on, so I'll add to this thread with any progress.
I woke up in the middle of the night and had to make a label for it:
Interesting experience so far - I tried to float my hydrometer in the syrup as-is, and it was so high it was an inch+ past the bottom of the scale! I cut with with an equal volume of water and the SG was 1.110, so assuming that it started at 1.220 I used the online fermcalc tool to calculate how much water would be needed to take the syrup to 1.085 ... . .. . . ..
It turns out that putting 1.5 L (all three bottles) into a 160 oz jug and filling to the maximum height I was comfortable with (allowing room for foam/expansion) was perfect. I validated it after diluting to that level and it was spot-on. I also added a tsp of pectic enzyme, 3 tsp of yeast nutrient and 1/2 tsp of tannin, mixed well and used EC-1118 yeast.
I just put it on, so I'll add to this thread with any progress.
I woke up in the middle of the night and had to make a label for it: