Golden Syrup

[Austinhomebrew]

Looks like I need to look at my price. I will match any delivered price. With me you don't have to buy 5 cans unless you want to. Our shipping is less and you are more likely to want me things from me.

The can is a pound of syrup. If you like Pecan Pie, substitute the corn syrup with Lyle's Golden Syrup. Your eyes will roll back in your head and your toes will curl.

(sorry if I was too illustrative)

Forrest

 

[mac1jw]

Looks like I need to look at my price. I will match any delivered price. With me you don't have to buy 5 cans unless you want to. Our shipping is less and you are more likely to want me things from me.

The can is a pound of syrup. If you like Pecan Pie, substitute the corn syrup with Lyle's Golden Syrup. Your eyes will roll back in your head and your toes will curl.

(sorry if I was too illustrative)

Forrest

Ohhhh God...haven't had a toe curler in awhile....better check into this magical syrupy stuff.

 

[ChshreCat]

It was $6.40 at my grocery store. Close enough in price to buy if I really needed it, but AHS has the better price if I were making an order anyway.

 

[Orfy]

It is nice.

It's that good you can use it on a sandwich on it's own.

 

[Grimtas]

Looks like I need to look at my price. I will match any delivered price. With me you don't have to buy 5 cans unless you want to. Our shipping is less and you are more likely to want me things from me.

The can is a pound of syrup. If you like Pecan Pie, substitute the corn syrup with Lyle's Golden Syrup. Your eyes will roll back in your head and your toes will curl.

(sorry if I was too illustrative)

Forrest

Sorry forrest wasn't trying to out match you at all. I appreciate the price match though. I was only attempting to point out the fact that this is the place my SWMBO shops for all her English goods. I wasn't trying to put you or your awsome service out of the scene.

I usually have plenty of Lyles around the house as SWMBO makes treckle sponge and custard all the time. As as today is bone fire night she made bonefire toffee with the dark Lyles

Maybe I need to start using it in my brews

 

[Austinhomebrew]

I realize that was not your intention. Just trying to be competitive.

Forrest

 

[Tonedef131]

The can is a pound of syrup. If you like Pecan Pie, substitute the corn syrup with Lyle's Golden Syrup. Your eyes will roll back in your head and your toes will curl.

That is a really good idea. I made a cider one time with a pound of Lyle's Golden Syrup, I spent the next 20 min licking the inside of the can clean because it was the best thing I had ever tasted. However, after fermentation the cider didn't taste any different than the ones I had made with good ol table sugar. So I don't know if the fermentation just doesn't leave anything behind or if I just didn't use enough, but from now on I am saving my Golden Syrup for cooking.

 

[BioBeing]

On a slightly related note, I cannot find any British treacle locally, which I want for priming my Shoggoth's Old Ale. Can this be made somehow, or could I substitute molasses? I'm thinking cutting some molasses with some golden syrup...

ETA - just found this at Austin Homebrew.

Lyle's Black Treacle is made from cane molasses, inverted sugar, and Golden Syrup. It is a dark and intensely sweet syrup. A classic baking additive in England, it is usually used in dark moist cakes, toffees, and Christmas puddings. And it has brewing applications. With a lovibond of 100, it is usually used in dark English ales (like an Old Ale) and sometimes in stouts and porters.

So maybe I can.

 

[ImperialLover]

If you would, please post an all grain recipe for what you're brewing up for a Mcewan's Clone

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I enjoyed your write up of the product. When i was a kid in the UK I even ate T&L sandwiches!

It is nice.

It's that good you can use it on a sandwich on it's own.

See? T+L syrup is so tasty that most of the English posters in this thread eat it in sandwiches! (I bet Bio has tried it too)

 

[khiddy]

T&l?

...8910

 

[menschmaschine]

T&l?

...8910

Tate & Lyle's

 

[Austinhomebrew]

Their logo is bizarre for a food item. It is the rotting corpse of a dead lion with flies swarming around. I understand the reference but not the most appealing logo on a food item.

Forrest

 

[smellysell]

Thanks all!! I'm going to go check out a few more places and then substitute brown sugar... I know it won't be the same but I've had minor success with it.

I hear the stuff is pricey. I just don't know why the LHBS's don't carry it... I mean enough British recipes call for it...

Orfy -- How might a guy make his own invert sugar syrup?

Cheers!

Joe

Is there a LHBS in Missoula?

 

[pauswa]

The dead lion is not surrounded by flies but bees. Here's the information from the Lyle's Golden Syrup Website:

In 1904, the “lion and bees” tin was registered as Lyle’s trademark. The design comes from Abram Lyle’s religious beliefs: It’s a reference to a story in the Old Testament, in which Samson killed a lion, then saw that bees had formed a honeycomb in the lion’s carcass. The Bible references Samson’s words that also feature on the tin, “Out of the strong came forth sweetness.” The logo and design remain unchanged today.

Yes, It's a strange logo, but at least it has some meaning according to the company.

 

[JMass]

Tried making this today. I had some ancient Golden Syrup that I had bought in Europe years ago and now it's running out. I've come to love the Old Speckled Hen so I have more need of this now. I'd say my version looks a little lighter than what I had in the old store-bought jar, but perhaps my old syrup darkened up a bit. My home-made syrup looks more golden than what I had bought. I used a bit over a pound of sugar. I poured some water in that and mixed. Heated to a boil and added a little over a tsp of fresh squeezed lemon juice. I'm not sure how long it boiled. Perhaps a little over a 1/2 hour. It looks lighter in color when it is boiling than when it stops boiling.

 

[JMass]

I took a picture w/ a cheap cell phone, but I'm not sure how to post it.