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Originally Posted by Revvy
But it wouldn't actually BE a jelly bean beer would it?
And what the heck is the hassle with a double boiler? You take one saucepan and put water in it, then you place another inside that one? That's "complicated?" It's no more complicated that boiling up priming sugar or making invert/belgian candy sugar.....Just that you are using on pan inside of another. Which you might not even need anyway. But still, how is that less complicated than trying to figure out exactly the right combination of anise and fennel?
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You're right, double boiling isn't much of a hassle. I'm just trying to suggest an alternative that maybe wasn't thought of yet. Also, I'm speaking for myself only, but it's way easier to look up a licorice recipe and get a baseline correct amount of herbs than to mess with jelly beans. With the herbs, taste every few days and take out when appropriate (at least with wine. not sure about beer). With melted jelly beans, once they're in, they're in.