Barley malt syrup is easy to make, and it adds a great depth of flavor to a variety of foods. Learn how to make your own using only 2 ingredients. I love using it in a lot of baking/bread recipes especially if you want to make authentic bagels, pretzels, and even rye bread.
Ingredients
- Stout Beer (Guinness Extra Stout) – using an IPA will make the syrup bitter and it is not recommended. Go with a Stout beer
- Dark Brown Sugar –
The easy part of this recipe is that whatever amount of beer you use, you add the same amount of sugar.
You add both ingredients together in a large pot. You want to use a large pot since the mixture as it boils will rise and could overflow your stove. When I made this recipe I used (2) 12-ounce bottles of Guinness Extra Stout and 2.5 cups of dark brown sugar.
Mix the ingredients and cook on a med/low heat until it reduces to 1/2 the volume. This could take about 30-40 minutes.
Store in the fridge.
Here is what your syrup will look like after it has been reduced and then cooled in the fridge.