Hey Folks!
Does anyone have any experience with making their own soda concentrates? I'd like to make and bottle some concentrate that I can pasteurize to make shelf stable, then add to carbonated water when I want some homemade soda. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts or experiences.
As a side note, I am a teacher looking for something to do during the summer months. I've come up with some really tasty soda recipes and I'd like to come up with a summer gig of selling it at farmers markets (which are popular in my area). With the popularity of homebrew in the northwest, the soda angle seems "untapped". However, when selling sugary soda, I have to be a lot more worried about contamination and such, so I'm thinking maybe shelf-stable concentrates might be a good route. I'm open to thoughts on this, too.
Thanks!
Does anyone have any experience with making their own soda concentrates? I'd like to make and bottle some concentrate that I can pasteurize to make shelf stable, then add to carbonated water when I want some homemade soda. Just curious if anyone has any thoughts or experiences.
As a side note, I am a teacher looking for something to do during the summer months. I've come up with some really tasty soda recipes and I'd like to come up with a summer gig of selling it at farmers markets (which are popular in my area). With the popularity of homebrew in the northwest, the soda angle seems "untapped". However, when selling sugary soda, I have to be a lot more worried about contamination and such, so I'm thinking maybe shelf-stable concentrates might be a good route. I'm open to thoughts on this, too.
Thanks!