Coca-Cola beer anyone?

[ayrton]

Yeah but you'd think he'd atleast take a small sample... lol sounds so disgusting it might just work... (doubt it)

Oh, I'd have taken a sample by now too. I'm just really curious as to how this turned out.

Pictures please!

 

[Brewing Clamper]

Sorry for not keeping ya'll updated, I didn't know there was such interest! Plus I've been getting some sun in Hawaii so I just got back. I should be taking an SG sample tomorrow so I'll let you know how it tastes and all that. I'll probably just bottle it straight from primary too.

The fermentation was pretty crazy in the first couple of days, then died down. I did use a lager yeast so it might not be done yet. We'll see!

 

[Pedro-]

*bump*

Any update?

 

[rdwj]

I can get a great deal on some dog food that was recently taken off the shelves, do you think that will ferment?

 

[Brewing Clamper]

Ok, well good timing I suppose... A couple of days ago I finally tasted a fully carbed coke beer and... it was horrible! I mean it was rank, I could not drink more than a couple of sips before I spat it out. I couldn't tell you why, it was just horrible. Pretty much all body had fermented out. You could tell it was high in alcohol, which makes sense because it's almost 100% fermentable. I imagine it's similar to brewing sugar water. Anyway, I'm glad I only made 4 bottles worth of it and I'm about to dump the other 3, unless some brave soul wants one....

 

[Alamo_Beer]

only 3 bottles left? Don't dump them man!! let them age out....who knows?

you said it's pretty high in alc...maybe it'll condition a bit with time?

I don't know...you went through all of this why dump it now?

 

[Brewing Clamper]

Good point. I haven't dumped them yet... I guess storing three bottles isn't going to kill me...

 

[Alamo_Beer]

Exactly







Now crack one open in a year from now and tell us all how horrible it is...

 

[Reidman]

Crazy thing is I was drinking a coke a few days ago and wondering what it would taste like to brew with it....this is uncanny that this thread would pop up a couple days later...I assure you I won't be trying it anytime soon after reading this..

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I think you might be able to back-sweeten with the diet version of most soft drinks. Dr. Pepper Cream Ale anyone? A couple of diet root beers might even be the ticket to flavoring the root beer brews that a lot of folks try to clone.

On the other hand, fermenting the sugars in one of the regular versions sounds utterly terrible (even though I prefer the non-diet versions). I'm not usually a proponent of tossing a batch down the drain, but those three bottles you've got could probably be put to better use if you poured them out, IMHO. I just don't think this one is going to age well...

 

[gruntingfrog]

I have just one comment...
Please quit calling this Coca-Cola beer.
It is hooch. 100% hooch. Of course it tastes bad.

OK, I have one more comment...
Great experiment, just not beer.

Anyway, I've been thinking about making a Redbull beer...

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I made a yerba mate beer. Used waaaaaaaay to much yerba mate in a barley wine. One glass of that and you felt like you were about to have a heart attack. Was yummy though.

Moral to this story. Be careful with the red bull. It may have horns.

(on a side note, i did use smaller amounts of yerba in several beers successfully)

 

[Brewing Clamper]

Yeah, I think I'm done fermenting refined sugar products. Snapple on the other hand..... hmmm....