We made beer from Blue Ribbon Hop Flavored Malt Syrup for years. Ten gallons of water, three envelopes of yesat, a gallon of syrup, five pounds of sugar in a big stainless steel liner from a Navy coffee urn. (we had it on a dolly because it was rounded on the bottom). Bottling and capping took a full evening, but gave us 12 cases to enjoy. Man, was that stuff POTENT!!! Foosh!
Yes, I recall it was NOT one of those beers for drinking in the summer heat while mowing the lawn or other chores. I never used a hydrometer and did not have a clue what the alcohol content was, but it was _not_ 3.2. It was more a "laying in the hammock" beer that precluded useful work. :-)