What a Day! gggrrrrr....

I made some homemade rootbeer last month and it was to die for! So before I left on vacation I made a batch of cola and cherry soda.. it takes 1-2 weeks to be ready and I looked forward to getting home from vacation because they would both be ready when I got home...

Most of 9 gallons of pop made with pure cane sugar exploded while I was gone.. it was on the walls and everywhere... I got it cleaned up finally... saved what I could and opened a bottle that seemed intact... and it exploded all over my computer.. and the bed sheets...

So, the clothes are in the laundry and now the floor in the bedroom is clean too... I mopped up the laundry room one more time after taking a bath.... Finally... it is all done.... and then I looked up at the ceiling.....

Ugh...

Sit down and enjoy that bottle before you look 'up' again, k?

I am afraid to open anything right now... maybe tap water is safer???

Would you like me to send you some paint Sue?


Nick

papasmurf said:

Would you like me to send you some paint Sue?


Nick

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Um, it's not carbonated is it??

Next time, use champagne bottles. They will take the pressure.

rickw said:

Next time, use champagne bottles. They will take the pressure.

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This may be my last effort at homemade soda... The directions said specifically not to use glass... it is 'dangerous.'..

I was so busy cleaning I missed all of the good plays in todays Bears game... Both of them!!!

how about the recipe I would like to try and make some home made soda over here . just need to find out where I can keep it in case of explosions



Nick

http://www.leeners.com/sodapop.html

http://www.northernbrewer.com/soda.html

Mix your extract with warm water and cane sugar... stir until sugar is all dissolved... then add a package of champagne yeast and fill bucket with water to the 4 gallon mark or as directed.... Stir and bottle... wait two weeks and duck....

Mama Bear said:

http://www.leeners.com/sodapop.html

http://www.northernbrewer.com/soda.html

Mix your extract with warm water and cane sugar... stir until sugar is all dissolved... then add a package of champagne yeast and fill bucket with water to the 4 gallon mark or as directed.... Stir and bottle... wait two weeks and duck....

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Ha I showed this thread to my wife and once I said great know I now how I can make soda the first thing out of her mouth was Oh no


cant wait for the explosions



Nick

Mama Bear said:

http://www.leeners.com/sodapop.html

http://www.northernbrewer.com/soda.html

Mix your extract with warm water and cane sugar... stir until sugar is all dissolved... then add a package of champagne yeast and fill bucket with water to the 4 gallon mark or as directed.... Stir and bottle... wait two weeks and duck....

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I'm not suprised that you like it. What is the alcohol level?

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I'm not suprised that you like it. What is the alcohol level?

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The yeast just adds carbonation.. there is no fermenting period with soda...

I could use a fermented drink right now tho...

Mama Bear said:

http://www.leeners.com/sodapop.html

http://www.northernbrewer.com/soda.html

Mix your extract with warm water and cane sugar... stir until sugar is all dissolved... then add a package of champagne yeast and fill bucket with water to the 4 gallon mark or as directed.... Stir and bottle... wait two weeks and duck....

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Too much yeast for the batch. I've used one package of yeast for five gallons of beer, which provides plenty of carbonation after it has been bottled at the end of the brewing process. Check out this link, over carbonation is discussed in detail there.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/2004-12-01/Brew-Better-Soda-at-Home.aspx

Oh Sue, how I've been there and done that. A couple years ago, I came home to my apartment after a weekend away to find three 22 oz bottles of Belgian Dubbel ALL over my kitchen. Like yours - walls, ceiling, etc. And of course, I think "I should drink this last one before it explodes" so after I cleaned everything up, I popped the top on the last one without even thinking. Of course, I had a second round of cleanup after that.

Look on the bright side, at least it wasn't some of your homebrew that exploded. Nothing makes me sadder than wasted beer.

The other day I was opening a 12 pack of cans of Diet Coke. I was slicing part of the cardboard off so I could slide it in my fridge, well as I dragged my pocket knife across it was lined up wrong and sliced right rough vertically across a can. Well, needless to say it exploded everywhere, resounding like a gunshot and spraying me, the room and the ceiling with soda.

That happened to me with a Mexican homebrew.

I'm with you on needing a *fermented* drink after that one! yeesh!

If you're brave enough to try again, can I suggest making it in the bath tub or shower? At least it'll be easier to clean up if the worst should happen. I can see it now "Mama's Bath Tub Soda."

So I am not the only one! Thank You!

0n another note, the ceiling was cleaning up really nicely, the cola stains were wiping right off... until I realized not all of the stains were stains... one is a big hole!!

Ahh, the wonders of carbonated home brew (soda and beer). I've had sodas blow the stoppers and shatter windows before.

It probably got too warm, and the yeast went crazy eating all the sugar. For carbonation keeping the temperature moderate and steady is important, almost more than the amount of yeast, lest you get liquid fireworks. If the temperatures are low enough you'll just end up with super yeasty tasting soda.

This is why I've been using glass bottles and corks lately, so when stuff goes rotten it just blows the corks out creating a mess on the concrete floor, instead of blowing up the bottle. It's sort of a built in pressure regulation system, so things don't get the chance to build up to catastrophic levels.