If you use Diet Dr. Pepper, then you should still get some sweetness from it (I'm assuming the artificial sweetener in it is non-fermentable), which might help the overall flavor of the soda come through.
So are you going for a sweet beer? I'm wondering if some lactose would be called for.
I think it's going to attenuate like a mofo with all that sugar so I'll mash high and hope for the best. I'm not going for a sweet stout more of a dry stout.
The Dr. Pepper bottles are a great idea too. My family drinks gallons of it and they prefer the small 12 oz bottles. I save all the bottles and bottle my "drinking" homebrews in them (as opposed to gifts, which I put in "nice" bottles.) They seem a little thicker than some of the other PET bottles and hold up well under carbonation. Their design is a little more generic than a "Coke" bottle, so you can re-label if you like and they look nice. I usually only re-use them about twice before discarding. My mother-in-law, who lives with us, is a teetotaler and doesn't even know I homebrew. I make up an occasional batch of root beer out in the shop for the kids and she thinks that's what all the bottles are for!
The Dr. Pepper bottles are a great idea too. My family drinks gallons of it and they prefer the small 12 oz bottles. I save all the bottles and bottle my "drinking" homebrews in them (as opposed to gifts, which I put in "nice" bottles.) They seem a little thicker than some of the other PET bottles and hold up well under carbonation. Their design is a little more generic than a "Coke" bottle, so you can re-label if you like and they look nice. I usually only re-use them about twice before discarding. My mother-in-law, who lives with us, is a teetotaler and doesn't even know I homebrew. I make up an occasional batch of root beer out in the shop for the kids and she thinks that's what all the bottles are for!
You must not have enough beer around if someone that lives with you doesn't know you homebrew I definitely could not hide the fact that I make my own beer.
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You must not have enough beer around if someone that lives with you doesn't know you homebrew I definitely could not hide the fact that I make my own beer.
Well, I used the term "homebrew" kind of loosely; I do mostly apfelwein and wines, so not a lot of boiling, grains, kegs, etc. And she is older and kind of keeps to herself. But it's funny how she doesn't ask why I take 20 or 30 bottles out to the shop but only come back with a dozen bottles of root beer...
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In high school I worked at McDonalds and we'd change the syrup bags when they got under 1/4 full. I'd take them home and mix with carbonated water for cheap soda or add some into cocktails. I think it'd work great as a flavoring agent, like Belgian Candy Syrup but not really... if you know anyone in the restaurant biz, they may be able to help you get some.
Maybe kind of spendy at $10, but it's 8oz of the syrup they use to make Dublin Dr Pepper, which is the kind with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.
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I've kind of been kicking around the idea of getting that and making a Belgian Dark Strong with some in it.
Having been to Dublin to pick up Dr Pepper with cane sugar in it I will say that this recipe could become a regular at my house. The syrup though is the way to go though. A local old time soda shop uses it to make Dr Peppers and they taste GREAT.
Also, if you can get dublin Dr Pepper, do it. Its great stuff.
Also, if you can get dublin Dr Pepper, do it. Its great stuff.
I was in Oakland a couple months ago for NHC and got a burrito in the Airport terminal when I was leaving. My eyes lit up really big when I saw bottles of Dublin Dr Pepper in their fridge. The stuff is really good.
I definitely could not hide the fact that I make my own beer.
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