Anyone ever kegged and carbed kool-aid? I would think that grape or cherry kool-aid that has been kegged and carbed would taste a lot like soda?? Anyone have any experience with this? Any reason it wouldn't work??
I make one and two liter batches of soda quite often. Sometimes I use Crystal Light (Kool Aid would work similarly), sometimes I use a soda flavored extract, and sometimes I use an original recipe. All of them get force carbonated with a carbonator cap. They turn out great.
our favorite is 'rape' kool-aid soda:
5 packs unsweetened grape kool-aid
5 packs unsweetened raspberry kool-aid
5 cups sugar
5 cups splenda
5 gallons in a corny keg, 40psi for 3 days at 38f.
really good over 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream on a hot day
Nothing better than 5 gallons of rape.
I just carbonate a keg of water. And add the seltzer water to a 2 liter with the Kool-Aid or whatever mix. It's good.
Have also done a concentrated tea and added the seltzer to that. It was interesting.
That's a great idea. Do you put the water in boiling hot to keep it preserved longer/carbonate faster?
Huh?
No. I don't boil the water I use for seltzer.
Water will carbonate faster if it's near freezing. Because solids dissolve better in hot liquids, it's easy to understand how that's counterintuitive. However, it's true.
By putting boiling water in your keg, you will reduce(If not eliminate) your chance of having pathogens present. It should allow your seltzer be good for many, many months.
Huh?
No. I don't boil the water I use for seltzer.
You can also get the coffee/Italian soda syrups for an easy way to mix up a drink. Works really well and doesn't use much syrup at all. a few shots in the glass, top off with seltzer, and whalah Mango Soda.
Now that's a great idea.. do they sell those at Walmart?
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