agentgonzo
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OK, so this is a stupid idea, but speaking hypothetically...
I have a few friends who are going to Iceland (where beer is really expensive). We were talking about concentrating a beer syrup (fractionally distil off the ethanol, boil off water, re-add ethanol) and taking that with them, then adding back the water (ribena style) and drinking.
What would you need to also do to get the same taste from the beer syrup?
I've said that you'd boil off the aromatic compounds from the hops, so you'd need to make a concentrated hop solution to take with you (boil water, add a lot of late hops as you would at the end of your boil, chill and bottle or add back to the syrup).
You'd kill off the yeast, but that's not a problem. You'd also drive off the Carbon Dioxide, so you'd need to either put it through a sodastream or use soda water mix with the syrup (even ales that are flat have dissolved CO2).
You'd need to take care to keep the oxygen out of the syrup so that it doesn't turn to vinegar (since this is normally done by the yeast, what's the best way of doing this?).
What else do you reckon that you'd need to do to get a tasty beverage at the end of the adventure?
I have a few friends who are going to Iceland (where beer is really expensive). We were talking about concentrating a beer syrup (fractionally distil off the ethanol, boil off water, re-add ethanol) and taking that with them, then adding back the water (ribena style) and drinking.
What would you need to also do to get the same taste from the beer syrup?
I've said that you'd boil off the aromatic compounds from the hops, so you'd need to make a concentrated hop solution to take with you (boil water, add a lot of late hops as you would at the end of your boil, chill and bottle or add back to the syrup).
You'd kill off the yeast, but that's not a problem. You'd also drive off the Carbon Dioxide, so you'd need to either put it through a sodastream or use soda water mix with the syrup (even ales that are flat have dissolved CO2).
You'd need to take care to keep the oxygen out of the syrup so that it doesn't turn to vinegar (since this is normally done by the yeast, what's the best way of doing this?).
What else do you reckon that you'd need to do to get a tasty beverage at the end of the adventure?