Questions tagged [soda]
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How to carbonate and bottle non-alcoholic soda
For the last year, I've been making a lot of syrups. Usually I keep the syrups in the fridge and add carbonated water to it whenever I want to drink it. But now I'd like to make a bigger batch and ...
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How to make Hard Soda
I have been doing research on making a hard soda but I am never able to find anything that is able to completely describe the process, I have a bottle of orange extract that I would like to use.
Are ...
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Soda: Fermentation dynamics and off-flavours
I came here not only to solve my off-flavour issue, but also to learn more about early stage of fermentation. I am making sodas (mostly Ginger Beer) which I am fermenting for carbonation. Everything ...
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Soda is foamy from the keg
I have a 5 gallon keg of ginger beer, and when I pour it from the faucet, it's foamy. I can also see that it's foamy inside the line.
The regulator is set to 35 PSI, and it's been in the fridge for 2 ...
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Homebrewing Soda, Safety Concerns
I wanted to try making my own soda this summer, and finally got around to it 10 days ago. Here's the thing. I didn't have/use any specialized equipment. I boiled water with sugar ~15 minutes, and ...
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Yeast not slowing under refrigeration
I'm using Red Star champagne yeast to brew natural sodas, but I'm stuck on one issue:
After the room-temp fermentation I move the (2-liter soda) bottles to the refrigerator (38°F) but the ...
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Security measures when brewing Soda
I just wanted to experiment homebrewing some Soda for a kick. I found a few pages online that say the process is quite similar to homebrewing Beer, but somewhat easier and faster. As far as I know, I ...
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Can I force carbonate a half-full keg of homemade cola?
I make some small batches of home-made cola, tonic water, and ginger ale - usually making a batch of syrup, then mixing up a corny keg full and force-carbonating it over a few days. Normally I bottle ...
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Sugar source and alcohol content in Ginger Beer
Made my second batch of ginger beer the other day, and not sure if different sugars perhaps produced a little more alcohol..
For my first batch, I used 2 cups of pure cane sugar and 1 packet of dry ...
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Ginger Beer recipe
Reeds Ginger Beer is one of my favorite non-alcoholic fizzy-drinks... just curious if anyone has a recipe for brewing something similar.
Also, what's the brewing process like? Similar to beer, or ...
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Fermenting Soda
Years ago I attempted to ferment Mountain Dew (about a decade ago so my recount of the details may be a bit off). My goal was to have a drink with similar carbonation, similar flavor, and reasonable ...
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