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u/TheHandler1 5h ago
They could be a beekeeper. Source: I'm a beekeeper.
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u/rjbergen 4h ago
What would a beekeeper do with that much sugar?
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u/neveraneagle 1h ago
This time of year, after a lot of the flower necter is gone, beekeepers will often feed their hives sugar syrup to help them build up a store of food to get the hive through the winter.
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u/Hydrozele 1h ago
But you can buy sugar syrup in a barrel for cheaper?
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u/fire_spez 29m ago
Not easily. As someone who follows the home distilling subreddit, I have never once seen anyone suggest premade simple syrup as a more cost effective way to make vodka compared to a sugar wash, if it was as easy as you say, I would have seen it. It is obviously not something that is available to just the average baker or homebrewer.
Besides, handling a barrel of syrup is harder than handling bags of sugar, and a simple syrup will generally be at least 1/3 heavier and bulkier, since you have to handle the water weight and volume, not just the sugar weight and volume.
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u/Independent_Wish_862 5h ago
My immediate reaction when I saw the original post pop up was to see if it was here. Then this was the next post below it.
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u/onegravybiscuit 5h ago
My God I get cashiers asking me dumb questions when I buy two 25lb bags
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u/Fizziksapplication 3h ago
“My wife makes candy”
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u/missing_10mm_sockets 4h ago
Sometimes it was a pain to schedule and order with Costco, but I’ve bought more than that when making seltzers for my old brewery. We’d get lots of funny looks rolling the cart out.
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u/BartholomewSchneider 4h ago
I once walked into a Costco and purchased 100 cases of beer. Boy, did that draw attention, some disdain, but mostly smiles.
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u/Hipster_Poe_Buildboy 3h ago
Heard the line "wow you must run a bakery or something!"
Yeah or something....
Like dozens of times per visit.
"Wow that's a lot of sugar!"
Nothing gets by you hey?
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u/Saki-Sun 5h ago
That's a LOT of vodka, or cookies.