GrahamB8 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I bought some palm sugar the other day for a chicken dish someone at work gave me the recipe for. I openned the packet and had a taste and I can see a huge potential for brewing, the flavour is quite amazing. Have any of you crazy experimentalists used it and in what quantites?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Mmmmmm Thai Green Curry Ale. Not yet I haven't [lol] I found this... LINKY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I've used it but for the life of me I can't remember what the beer was??? I believe it was in an English Ale of sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I used it in gingerbeer a few times and it worked well. it left a kinda caramel taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 the rise in popularity of palm sugar has resulted in the destruction of thousands of sq k's of forests in se asia and is threatening the habitats of many already endangered animals. it has been even more destructive than harvesting rainforest timber in indonesia. leave the palm sugar to the occasional Thai takeaway, there are many other fermentble sugars that dont come at such a cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEoin Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'd ferment the last living panda if i thought it would taste good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF9 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Mmmmmm Thai Green Curry Ale. Not yet I haven't [lol] I found this... LINKY I had a look at the link but got side-tracked by the dude with 38,000 posts, c'mon Muddy lift your game [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 the rise in popularity of palm sugar has resulted in the destruction of thousands of sq k's of forests in se asia and is threatening the habitats of many already endangered animals. it has been even more destructive than harvesting rainforest timber in indonesia. leave the palm sugar to the occasional Thai takeaway' date=' there are many other fermentble sugars that dont come at such a cost. [/quote'] I think you're thinking of Palm Oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 I must admit Nick I didnt realise this so started to do a little research and my results thus far are showing palm sugar farming to be ecologically friendly Palm sugar is 'tapped' from the flower of a different tree to palm oil, they dont actually cut the tree down to do this. These countries actually plant more trees to extract this sugar which is proving to be benificial to the wildlife. Im still not 100% convinced and will continue reading, thanks for the heads up mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I think you're thinking of Palm Oil. i stand corrected, sorry guys, bring on the palm sugar recipes. hey Eoin, you know how they make Tiger Beer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 i stand corrected, sorry guys, bring on the palm sugar recipes. hey Eoin, you know how they make Tiger Beer? By hunting ecologically sustainable Tigers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 As far as I understand it, the problem with Palm Oil is they're chopping down the rainforests to plant the trees they get the palm oil from - which is not a native tree in those parts. And the defenceless Orangutan's get their homes destroyed [pinched] But, onto beer related topics... Tiger beer does taste like strong Cat's p!ss - so there ya go [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 So, not only is palm oil bad for your health, it's bad for the environment/animals as well. I've already been avoiding it as much as possible for health reasons but now I have added reason. [pinched] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 So' date=' not only is palm oil bad for your health, it's bad for the environment/animals as well. I've already been avoiding it as much as possible for health reasons but now I have added reason. [pinched'] Yeah, and a lot of "dodgy" companies will list as "Vegetable oil" in the ingredients so you don't know whether it's palm oil, canola oil, olive oil etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 leave the palm sugar to the occasional Thai takeaway' date=' there are many other fermentble sugars that dont come at such a cost. [/quote'] Considering that 99.9% of my diet is Thai food and I don't eat takeaway Thai are you suggesting I starve [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 But palm oil is very important. If you don't oil your palm you can get quite chaffed [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 .....or....dare I say....hairy? [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 But palm oil is very important. If you don't oil your palm you can get quite chaffed [innocent] You have all this material wrote down dont you?? [biggrin] I work for an international engineering consultancy and since I can find no conclusive evidence that forestry isnt been cut down to accomodate the growing of Palm sugar producing trees I have put the question to one of our enviromental consultants. Should Palm suger prove to be friendly to the environment I was thinking of substituting candi sugar with it in a Dubbel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 But palm oil is very important. If you don't oil your palm you can get quite chaffed [innocent] You have all this material wrote down dont you?? [biggrin] No, that one comes from personal experience [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT5 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 ... I was thinking of substituting candi sugar with it in a Dubbel! How many Candi's do you have to squeeze to get enough sugar for a Dubbel brew? [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH1525226084 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 ... I was thinking of substituting candi sugar with it in a Dubbel! How many Candi's do you have to squeeze to get enough sugar for a Dubbel brew? [cool] Dubbel the normal amount? [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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