Hop soda?

[justineaton]

Northern brewer sells hopshot and I know there are a few other brewing sites that have their own version of hop oil that is made for brewing.

 

[aruzinsky]

Northern brewer sells hopshot and I know there are a few other brewing sites that have their own version of hop oil that is made for brewing.

According to http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/hopshot.html , Hopshot is not hops oil but, instead, is "CO2-extracted hop resin that can be used for bittering." As I mentioned before, hops oil is not bitter.

I am aware of the fact that some brewing sites sell diluted hops oil. I consider such dilution as unwanted adulteration. A little pure hops oil goes a long way. At a concentration rate of 5 ppm in a beverage, 1 ounce of hops oil is enough to make 1564 gallons of beverage. If you compare prices based on recommended usage rates, you will see that the adulterated products are a gyp.

 

[justineaton]

Ok thanks for the info, I won't try using it in my soda, I will just use fresh hops and add them when I turn the heat off after dissolving my sugar.

 

[Accidic]

Isn't this just called Malta normally and sweetened with malt? That said, we like seltzer quite a bit so I could see it being good if you did it right. Maybe run it through a double strained hop spider when you boil the water (just to be safe/steep). Or maybe use whole leaf hops to make them easy to remove.

 

[justineaton]

I don't know about everyone else but I was talking more about a lemon lime soda that is heavy on the hops. Malta is good though.

 

[justineaton]

According to http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/hopshot.html , Hopshot is not hops oil but, instead, is "CO2-extracted hop resin that can be used for bittering." As I mentioned before, hops oil is not bitter.

I am aware of the fact that some brewing sites sell diluted hops oil. I consider such dilution as unwanted adulteration. A little pure hops oil goes a long way. At a concentration rate of 5 ppm in a beverage, 1 ounce of hops oil is enough to make 1564 gallons of beverage. If you compare prices based on recommended usage rates, you will see that the adulterated products are a gyp.

What about making an essential oil from hops and using that for flavor? I have heard of people making essential oils with hops to use as aromatherapy to help them sleep but I don't know about flavoring a drink.

 

[hopfool]

I make a hop flavored soda. Of course it's got some alcohol in it... and the sugar comes from malted barley, but it fizzes. We call it IPA.
Just Kiddin'.

Did one with some friends and used Nelson Saivon hops. Smelled so good I kept thinking they'd make a good candy or something. Just picked up a cheap Kegorator so I might have to go back and try "dry hopping" some soda with them. The ginger sounds interesting. Maybe that or a sarsaparilla?

 

[Homercidal]

So what is the actual thing you can make hop soda from?? I'm really interested in making my own soda like Proper, but kegged. I like that I can adjust the sugar and hop flavors to my satisfaction.