Sugar syrup recipe
- and how to enhance flavours

If your schnapps or vodka infusion is too weak-flavoured you can enhance the flavours by adding a little, little bit of sugar.

Sugar is a great flavour enhancer.

You can add the sugar directly, but because sugar is more soluble in water than in alcohol, it's usually better to make a simple sugar syrup and add it to your infusion little by little.

Never use artificial sweeteners - NEVER! You will ruin the taste.

Sugar syrup recipe

Ingredients

• 1 part white, granulated sugar
• 2 parts water
• A little lemon juice

Direction

• Combine sugar and water in a saucepan.
• Cover it and slowly heat over medium heat.
• Stir occasionally.
• Let it simmer for 20-30 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• Do NOT boil.
• Add a little lemon juice to prevent crystallization.
• Let the sugar syrup cool to room temperature.

Add the sugar syrup to your infusion. Little by little, until it suits your taste.

Leave the infusion for a couple of days to settle - in a dark place at room temperature.

Then taste it again, it might need some more sugar syrup.