N/A sparkling cider recipe? Help?

[geneb]

You could get two bottles with carbonator caps attached to each other with tubing, fill one with apple juice and the other with yeast and sugar water.. If the yeast produce enough CO2, it could carbonate the apple juice without getting any alcohol in it. Might add some odd flavors, though.

No idea how well that would work, but it seems like it could. Also not sure what kind of gravity you'd need in the sugar water to produce enough CO2 so that the volume would be high enough throughout the entire system. I may do a little experimenting with it at some point, though.

ETA: Even better, use beer in the other bottle and add enough priming sugar to carb both. You get beer, she gets alcohol free carbed cider.

 

[clevernonsense]

You "should" really only put water in the sodastream--it "makes" soda by adding flavor shots to the sparkling water. The machine specifically says to not add anything but water.

That said, you can carbonate any liquid, but in my experience it often results in hugely explosive foam bombs, so care must be taken

Yeah, it's a device for carbonation. Water/soda... ****, I'm pretty sure I recall someone force-carbing beer (as an experiment) with one of these. There's zero reason why it wouldn't work for soda (or any other liquid that can absorb CO2).

 

[johnnyspade]

You "should" really only put water in the sodastream--it "makes" soda by adding flavor shots to the sparkling water. The machine specifically says to not add anything but water.

That said, you can carbonate any liquid, but in my experience it often results in hugely explosive foam bombs, so care must be taken

Worth noting is that the Sodastream branded flavourings are terrible. Besides tasting awful they all use artificial sweeteners, even the non diet ones, and I would put alcohol in my system before I ever put Aspartame or Sucralose in there. Just sayin'

I make a lot of italian sodas with the sodastream through. Make your carbonated water and add a few ounces of a good quality syrup to the bottle, cap it and give it a few twists and you've got a pretty nice fizzy drink. Use a Torani (good) or Monin (better) syrup or make your own simple syrups.

 

[Jsmith82]

1/8 tsp yeast + 1 Mr. Beer bottle filled with Apple Juice w/ no sugar added + 36hrs at room temp ='s SUPER-Carbed juice!

It was really good though, the misses liked it, we just had to pour it slowly and carefully. I did a couple more bottles at 24hrs, they are in the fridge now. Thanks all for the advice!

BTW, Doctor's appt Friday went very very well, she's at 6 weeks. We go back in 2 to get the first look and hear the heartbeat. Man am I excited.

 

[chazzman]

Congrats on the baby! If you still wish to pursue a drier flavor and you are familiar with
kombucha you could put half an inch to an inch of kombucha in the bottom of the glass
you are pouring in. If kombucha is not your thing, maybe you could make a small batch
of strong hop tea and keep it in the fridge and pour over that instead. Again, congrats!

 

[DodginBUIs]

could probably use dry ice as well



this can be dangerous and id do my homework first...

 

[Jsmith82]

could probably use dry ice as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-MBJlBHRkE

this can be dangerous and id do my homework first...

That was very cool!

Earlier it was mentioned that using Montrachet yeast, cooling fridge temps will not stop fermentation. This was SO very true, the bottles I made last weekend I've had to let pressure out of 3 times now, each have developed a fair amount of sediment in them. Until I get some ale yeast, I've learned to prepare Di's cider 28hrs ahead of consumption, 24 room temp, 4 in the fridge.

Kind of cool though I guess I have a couple liters of apfelwein going in the fridge in oppose to the 3 gallons aging in the brew closet, no age to them but meh, apfelwein is divine at anytime!

99, there's your rhyme.. Your turn to draw a card, now finish your beer and eat that tomato ***hole! Love that movie..

 

[lvmyjazzy1]

Apple juice and 7 up

 

[jackfrost]

Buy a can of concentrate apple juice and bottle of seltzer water mix to taste

 

[jackfrost]

Beer fest reference. Awesome btw

 

[Jsmith82]

Little man is now a hair over 7 months so luckily Mrs Jsmith can sip on the real deal these days.

Thanks everyone for your help. I just have one more favor to ask, if it's okay, would you mind.. well calling me Landfill? It will be like he never left.