How to Make Homemade Soda
Let's say it's a hot summer day, and you'd like a nice refreshing glass of ginger ale. Looking at the two ingredient lists below, which would you rather drink? Number 1: Carbonated Water, High Fructose...
View Article3 Refreshing Easy And Exotic Homemade Root Beer Recipes Plus A Few Soda...
In a previous post we gave you a couple basic recipes for homemade root beer using sassafras and sarsaparilla root. Since then we've been doing more research and experimenting, and have found many ways...
View ArticleHow To Make Hard Cider The Easy Way
Recently we purchased a Victorio Steam Juicer, and after making some delicious apple juice, we decided we wanted to make hard cider ourselves at home. It's very easy to make small batches of 1 to 5...
View ArticleQuick and Easy Homemade Grape Soda
As a child I loved grape soda! As an adult, not so much - most of the commercial brands are just too artificial for me now; they just don't taste right. So obviously, I need to make my own homemade...
View ArticleHow To Make Orange Soda At Home – Plus Orange Cream Soda
Let me start with a confession: I really don't like orange soda. It's always tasted too artificial to me. I love orange juice, however, and after my recent post about making your own grape soda I...
View ArticleHow To Make Wine From Almost Any Store-Bought Juice
I got my start in homebrewing in the middle of the desert. I was stationed in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm, and alcohol of any form was prohibited. On a whim, we decided to try making our...
View ArticleHow To Use A Hydrometer For Brewing Beer, Wine And More
In a previous post on making hard cider, I used a hydrometer to calculate the alcohol content of the finished cider, but I didn't really explain the hows and whys behind it. In this post I'd like to go...
View ArticleShould You Pasteurize Hard Cider?
In my previous post on How To Make Hard Cider, I bottled my cider in swing-top bottles and put them in the refrigerator to stop the fermentation process. For the small batch I was making, that works...
View ArticleShould You Brew Beer From A Kit?
I've done lots of home brewing before (check out our recipes for homemade soda and hard cider), but I've always put together the ingredients myself. I've seen complete kits in stores, usually around...
View ArticleHow To Brew Alcoholic Ginger Beer The Easy Way
If you've already made your own homemade ginger ale, then you might be in the mood to try something with a bit more of a kick to it. The process for making alcoholic ginger beer is very similar to...
View ArticleHow To Make Quick Mead The Easy Way
If you've ever been to a Renaissance fair or a craft brewery, you've probably sampled some mead - fermented drink made with honey, water, and maybe some fruit. Think wine but with honey instead of...
View ArticleHow To Brew Dry Hopped Cider (What Are Hops Anyway?)
If you're a hard cider purist, you might think it's sacrilegious to brew a dry hopped cider - why would you have anything other than apples in your hard cider? But there are actually good reasons that...
View ArticleHow To Brew From A to Z
You don't have to be a monk in a monastery to brew your own Trappist ale, and you don't need to live in Napa Valley to learn how to brew your own wine. Anyone with just a bit of homebrewing experience...
View ArticleHow to Make Homemade Soda
Let's say it's a hot summer day, and you'd like a nice refreshing glass of ginger ale. Looking at the two ingredient lists below, which would you rather drink? Number 1: Carbonated Water, High Fructose...
View Article3 Refreshing Easy And Exotic Homemade Root Beer Recipes Plus A Few Soda...
In a previous post we gave you a couple basic recipes for homemade root beer using sassafras and sarsaparilla root. Since then we've been doing more research and experimenting, and have found many ways...
View ArticleHow To Make Hard Cider The Easy Way
Recently we purchased a Victorio Steam Juicer, and after making some delicious apple juice, we decided we wanted to make hard cider ourselves at home. It's very easy to make small batches of 1 to 5...
View ArticleHow To Make Brandied Fruit
When fruit is in season, you can preserve it by canning, dehydrating, or freezing. You can also preserve fruit by making it into wine, juice or jelly. But there's another option for preserving - make...
View ArticleHow To Make Your Own Soda Syrup
Soda, Cola, Pop, seltzer, call them what you will, soft drinks are everywhere. They are sold by fast food chains, movie theaters, supermarkets, and even in vending machines at your office. But...
View ArticleHow To Make Kombucha With Or Without A SCOBY #SRSLive #050
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Want a super healthy yummy alternative to soda? A carbonated beverage that is actually good for you? Yes, please…. Kombucha is an all natural, super easy to make...
View ArticleHow To Make Water Kefir #SRSLive #051
Podcast Coming Soon! Looking for for a fizzy drink that is…. Caffeine free, preservative free, all natural, good for you… And... Is one of the best tasting beverages ever? Impossible you say? Nope,...
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