Recent content by 164Brewing

I think a root beer with oak flavors would be great! I know Gent's (a ginger ale out of Lexington, KY) makes a toasted oak ginger ale, and I make an oak aged cherry soda! It really doesn't take too long to age the whole product really. If you just test out the flavors little by little it works...

That would be great to hear about how your cream soda turns out mack25! It would be interesting to hear about how a true aged cream soda turns out. That would be the goal further down the road. And thanks MrFoodScientist! That is my plan for now. I am going to make my own vanilla extract so...

Sure thing! As of the moment it is super simple (it is in the infancy of the development) SMALL SCALE TEST 2 Q. Water 1 oz Oak Cubes (French Medium - Plus Toast) 2 Vanilla Beans 1. Bring water up to a boil 2. Once at a boil, pour water over oak cubes in a large bowl 3. Let oak cubes and water...

That's the hope! I want it to have that nice subtle oak flavor with some sweet notes, but I do want it to have a primary flavor of vanilla. I have tried the 2 oz and now I am working with 1 oz in a 2 quart set up. The 2 oz was far too smokey and oak-y. Hoping that the 1 oz is a better direction!

Should be interesting! I have tried and love Proper Soda's hop soda. Looking forward to seeing how this goes!

Right now I am testing out a small batch of oak aged cream soda. I am using French medium - plus toast oak cubes. I soak 2 oz of the cubes in 2 quarts of water for 48 hours. I remove the oak cubes and add 2 whole split vanilla beans. I let the vanilla soda for three hours and it is ready to...