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Re: agave sweetner

2014-01-20T05:45:56+00:00

Well it was made from cane sugar with agave syrup. I don't know what that makes it. It certainly wasn't tequila, as that has a very strict definition based on place of origIn. Not really mescal either. Agave sugar head doesn't sound too catchy, but I'm not sure what else to call it.

Statistics: Posted by wormwood — Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:45 am

Re: agave sweetner

2014-01-20T04:36:34+00:00

Rum must be made from a sugar cane based product. You can not make rum from sugar beets for example. Nor agave syrup. That gives you mescal. If from a certain area in Mexico it can be called Tequila.

Statistics: Posted by RumJohn — Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:36 am

Re: agave sweetner

2014-01-20T03:23:57+00:00

I did a wash using this stuff:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Organic-Agave ... z/14150056

I used a bottle of this to about 3.3 lbs of sugar in a 3 gallon wash. Stripped it to give me a gallon for a spirit run. Didn't really taste like tequila, but was quite pleasant in its own right. Maybe an agave rum?

Statistics: Posted by wormwood — Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:23 am

Re: agave sweetner

2014-01-19T22:07:57+00:00

I found some at Costco 736 ml bottle which seems to equate to 30mlper serving
1 serving = 30 g
I will use it at 736 g per bottle and adjust sugars added to my wash
I hope it has a good flavor.

Statistics: Posted by KerryW — Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:07 pm

Re: agave sweetner

2013-02-26T04:07:00+00:00

Thank you for that quick response I well look at the label. Here is a pic of the label. I see that it has 16 grams of sugar per tablespoon and there are 49 tablespoons per container. 784 grams of sugar total

Statistics: Posted by edwatters — Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:07 am

Re: agave sweetner

2013-02-26T03:15:31+00:00

Is there nutrition information on it? In Canada it would list a serving size and for that would indicate how much of that was sugar. e.g. a Serving size of 20g and of that 18g is sugar. 18/20 = 90% sugar. So 1 Kg of Agave Sweetener would be the same as 900g of white sugar. You probably want around the equivalent of 5Kg of sugar for 5 gallons (23 litres). So you will need to figure out the sugar content and calculate how much of the sweetener you need.

Chuck

Statistics: Posted by chill — Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:15 am

Re: agave sweetner

2013-02-26T02:13:57+00:00

I have access to it fairly cheap but I don't have a clue of how much I would need for a 5 gallon batch of mash, any ideas?

Statistics: Posted by edwatters — Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:13 am

Re: agave sweetner

2013-02-25T23:41:55+00:00

Looked at it thinking of Tequila, but the price drove me away. It would work OK, just not sure if the taste would justify the cost.

Statistics: Posted by chill — Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:41 pm

agave sweetner

2013-02-25T23:32:10+00:00

Has anyone used agave sweetner instead of sugar in their mash for the t500?

Statistics: Posted by edwatters — Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:32 pm