Making first soda tonight

TooShort4 · 03-30-2009, 02:07 AM

So tonight I was at work at the grocery store I work at, and finally cracked and bought two $.50 20oz faygos (which I drank and now I have the empty plastic bottle), a package of yeast and orange extract. Tonight I will attempt my first soda brew, Orange. Il let you know how it turns out!

Update: Its all mixed together. I found my old mini fridge, and plugged it in but turned it off, so its room temp. in there and I laid the bottle down sideways inside, and whenever it carbs up and gets hard, I will just turn the switch on so it chills.

newbeerpig · 03-30-2009, 02:53 AM

sounds like a good plan

TooShort4 · 03-30-2009, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newbeerpig

sounds like a good plan

Thanks. I also had another idea but I don't know if it would work, as this is only my first soda. What if I put the yeast in a teabag and dropped it in the soda, and then when it carbs up, take the teabag of yeast out?

**Yuri_Rage** · 03-30-2009, 03:32 AM

That won't work at all. Yeast will easily slip past the paper filter and remain in the bottle long after you remove some of their friends.

Annoyingnoise · 03-30-2009, 06:35 AM

Congrats on your first soda! If you like it, post the recipe. I tried an orange soda a couple months back, but didn't like the recipe. I'd try again though. House favorite here is grape soda.
Recommendation. Keep those yeasty beasts in the bottle, tis goood stuff.

TooShort4 · 03-30-2009, 10:25 AM

@ Yuri: I gotcha (: well hey, atleast it sounded like a good idea! This is all new to me, so its a learning process. haha.

It's been 9 hours and its carbing nicely. Very hard already. I'l give it until after school and fridge it up.