There are three main ways to make your own soda at home. You can mix the syrup with sugar, water, and store and stir in store bought or club soda. You can make a carbonated solution of water, sweetener, and soda, siphon or gunpowder. Disease poison, or the ferment of life. The first option is as easy as it is, the so-called sorting option. That’s why I prefer to choose the number of three options … yeast!
Now I know what you’re thinking. Even the fermentation itself is made of dioxide, but it is made of arc. Will my soda be a drinker? And the answer must be yes and no. Baking soda produces a trace amount of alcohol. But one can produce a process of considerable quantity before the fermentation of the arc.
Soft drinks as opposed to “hard drinks” often contain trace amounts of alcohol. Many popular brands such as Sprite, 7 Up, Fentimans contain traces of alcohol. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms states that a drink can be considered non-alcoholic if it “contains less than 0.5 percent (or .5%) alcohol. Don’t worry, you’ll never get a buzz from fermented soda. At that low in alcohol, the the human body is more likely to be intoxicated by drinking water than by alcohol.
What you will get are fantastic sodas in a myriad of flavors and colors as your imagination takes you.
What do you need?
- Empty 2-quart soda bottles
- funnel
- cane sugar
- water is filtered, spring or purified
- preferably with the yeast of Champagne
- Flavors
Make sure the empty bottles 2 are washed well and air dried before use. You can use an iodine sanitizer if you like, but I haven’t found baking soda to be necessary. While you can use yeast bread, soda gives a very yeasty taste that can sometimes last a few days. to dissipate You can create dry yeast champagne at home-brewing thrift stores or specialty stores. You can use tap water if you don’t want to buy filter or water. But the faucet should be run for a few seconds before draining the water and the water should be left out of the sink overnight to lose some of its chlorine.
Basic soda recipe for 2-quart:
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/8 tsp yeast
- Water to fill the vessel
Combine a little sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a saucepan. To have a soda as sweet as Coca-Cola, you will need 1 cup of sugar. I prefer it less sweet and typically use between 1/2 cup and 3/4 cup. Add 1/2 cup of water and heat while boiling until the sugar dissolves and comes to a boil. Here you can add flavors like spices, ginger, chili, vanilla bean, sassafras, sarsaparilla root, etc. After it has been cooked for some time, turn off the heat, cover, and let it steep for about an hour. In the bottom of a 2-quart saucepan, add yeast, a small amount of sugar, and a small amount of hot water (about 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but not above 115 degrees). Mix it up and let the yeast start to do its magic. After the syrup is cold, add it to 2-liter and fill the bottle with water. Leave the top of the bottle empty. Tightly tight. Shake the bottle to make sure everything is well incorporated and then keep it at room temperature (about 70 degrees) for 1-5 days.
Some casinos don’t even trigger the yeast, but they do. I tried to squeeze the bottles firmly over the next few days. But look! Bottles can explode if left for too long. If you think the pressure is building up too quickly, you can cut out a little gas. If you think the soda is perfect and the bottle is firm, you can stop the fermentation by putting it on the timer. Let rest in the refrigerator for a few days before sampling. If you plan them in an immature soda cooler, don’t worry. Unlike regular soda, these homemade sodas get more carbonation when you leave them off the counter. Just heat the bottle on the counter for a few hours and you’ll see the carbonation build up again like magic.
Sources:
/ http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/22/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/jury-awards-16-million-in-radio-prank-that-left-sacramentoarea-woman-dead-.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3600987/My-battle-with-the-bottle.html
