Hazarmaveth
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I'm trying to get my soda to have some head retention like a good beer. So far, I've basically seen three suggestions on how to accomplish this:
1) Do a partial mash with some wheat or carapils.
2) Add molasses (possibly in the form of brown sugar).
3) Use a commercial heading additive.
I've tried replacing half of the sugar with brown sugar, which seems to help a little, but it's certainly not enough. Perhaps I should use only brown sugar, and maybe add some pure molasses?
How should a partial mash be implemented in soda? I'm thinking I might use the BIAB method for this step: basically make grain tea with 1/4lb of grain per gallon of water, then add the sugar and flavoring, let it cool to room temp, add the yeast and bottle. Is this going to work?
Does anyone know what is in the commercial heading additives? As far as I can tell, it's sometimes just dextrose and gum arabic, or more rarely propylene glycol. Is this actually the case? I can get gum arabic by itself a whole lot cheaper than heading powder. Will this actually work in soda, or only in conjunction with the stuff in beer?
I make naturally carbonated sodas in 1 gallon batches, generally with a tablespoon or so of extract, 2 cups of sugar, and three tablespoons of maltodextrine.
1) Do a partial mash with some wheat or carapils.
2) Add molasses (possibly in the form of brown sugar).
3) Use a commercial heading additive.
I've tried replacing half of the sugar with brown sugar, which seems to help a little, but it's certainly not enough. Perhaps I should use only brown sugar, and maybe add some pure molasses?
How should a partial mash be implemented in soda? I'm thinking I might use the BIAB method for this step: basically make grain tea with 1/4lb of grain per gallon of water, then add the sugar and flavoring, let it cool to room temp, add the yeast and bottle. Is this going to work?
Does anyone know what is in the commercial heading additives? As far as I can tell, it's sometimes just dextrose and gum arabic, or more rarely propylene glycol. Is this actually the case? I can get gum arabic by itself a whole lot cheaper than heading powder. Will this actually work in soda, or only in conjunction with the stuff in beer?
I make naturally carbonated sodas in 1 gallon batches, generally with a tablespoon or so of extract, 2 cups of sugar, and three tablespoons of maltodextrine.