Diageo Bar Academy & World Class Roadshow catch up!

Incase you missed it Diageo Bar Academy & World Class Roadshow returns this year with massive turnouts in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane.

There were many highlights, including seminars from Julie Reiner, Tiffanie Barriere and James Irvine, but today we wanted to recap one of the techniques taught by Kate McGraw in her hands-on Fundamentals of Prep session.

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Granny Smith Apple Syrup

There are many methods you can use to make apple syrup, but our pick from the ones taught by Kate at the Diageo Bar Academy & World Class Roadshow was the osmosis method. Don’t worry if that sounds complicated, because it’s actually incredibly simple. Here’s how you do it:

200g Granny Smith apple (1-2 apples)

15ml Lemon Juice

200g Caster Sugar

• Grate or finely slice your apples and immediately toss them in the lemon juice to prevent browning.
• Drain any remaining lemon juice and weigh your apple.
• Add an equal amount by weight of caster sugar.
• Wearing food prep gloves (or clean hands if you’re at home), massage the apple and sugar for 10 minutes, allowing the sugar to extract the juice and flavour from the apple through a process called Osmosis.
• After 10 minutes, you should have a vibrant, fresh-tasting cloudy apple syrup in the bowl, your aiming for all of the sugar to be dissolved.
• Pass the mixture through a strainer and transfer the syrup to a clean labelled bottle and store in the fridge. This syrup will be at its best flavour-wise for about 3 days, with the aroma and flavour diminishing after that. It should have a shelf life of around a week.
• This technique works with most fresh fruits. We chose Granny Smith apples for their availability and affinity with The Singleton. Give this a try with any in-season fruit!

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Singleton 12 Year Old Apple Highball

45ml The Singleton of Dufftown 12 Year old

15ml Granny Smith Apple Syrup

60ml Chilled Soda Water

Build your ingredients into a small highball glass filled with cubed ice.

Stir briefly to combine and garnish with an apple slice.

Approx 1.4 Std Drinks

Note: This drink works well because it plays on the prominent apple notes that The Singleton of Dufftown 12 year is known for, but you can experiment with other Whisky’s like Johnnie Walker Black Label or Talisker 10-Year-old for other interesting variations.

KeyTakeaways

• Creating homemade syrups with fresh ingredients is often simpler than you think!
• Experiment with any ripe and in-season fruit you have available.

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