I have tried doing the same thing, only i used 1/2 cup honey and a half cup light brown sugar. Instead of seltzer water, i put a raisin in each bottle and let it carb up. It was definately one of the best sodas I have ever tasted and plan on doing a five gallon batch soon.
Neither of the responses really answers my questions, but thanks for trying. From doing a lot more reading, I think I just need to invest in kegging equipment. I want to be able to fill my pop machine (50's coke bottle machine), and have it last for a while.
I have found that the little bit of...
I just made a batch of ginger beer (mother earth news recipe) and thought it turned out pretty good. They recipe uses natural yeast for carbonation from raisins (I believe) but now it has some of a yeast taste. I would like to have almost no yeast flavor, is there a brewing yeast that does that...