How to store Soda Water or other Home Made Sodas?
I have a SodaStream which I use to make soda water. My wife recently started purchasing very tasty, but relatively expensive soda drinks from the store, including "Rose Lemonade" (here: http://www.amazon.com/Fentimans-Rose-Lemonade-Soda-Bottle/dp/B00513EV60), and a pumkin ginger root beer. I offered to try to make equivalents at home, which worked out really well, by combining Torani Syrup, fresh ingredients (like Ginger Juice from Centrifugal juicer, or Lemon Juice from a lemon), and soda water from the Soda Stream.
OK, so everything is great, except now when I make a batch, my Soda Stream bottle is "in use" until we finish that batch. So I bought a few of these on Amazon, with rubber gasket seals: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CFMBL/.
But here's the problem:
when I transfer the soda water from the Soda Stream bottle to the glass bottle, it fizzes up and loses most of it's carbonation. Is there any way to avoid this, or a technique I can use to pour it with less "fizz loss"?
Please let me know if more information would be helpful, and thanks so much!!!
Best Answer
More sodastream bottles is the best option if you are starting from a sodastream.
The best other alternative is to act just like a really old-fashioned soda counter.
- Mix and store your syrups/flavors.
- Measure syrup into the glass.
- Add plain soda-water and mix.
Thus, your sodastream bottle only ever has plain carbonated water in it, not a specific flavor.
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Detach the bottle from the soda maker and serve it instantly or store it in the fridge for later use. You may also take the bottle on the go. Sparkling water made with soda makers will last for about two to three days in the fridge before going flat. You can flavor the carbonated water as you like.How do you store homemade soda?
But you don't need to sterilize anything. Home-brewed soda will ferment in the bottle, then be stored in the refrigerator, so you don't need to prepare it to be shelf-stable (as you would in a canning process).Does homemade soda need to be refrigerated?
When your homemade soda becomes carbonated, these plastic bottles become very hard. Under any circumstances, as soon as your homemade soda is carbonated, it must be refrigerated! Otherwise, it will gush upon opening (at best) or it may even explode!How do you keep homemade soda carbonated?
Fill your bottle with a cold beverage. CO2 dissolves more easily in cold liquid, so the colder the better. Be sure to leave about 2-1/2 inches empty to allow room for the CO2. Squeeze out any extra air in the bottle until the liquid reaches the top, then screw the carbonation cap onto the bottle.Do you refrigerate soda water?
The precise answer depends to a large extent on storage conditions \u2014 keep opened sparkling water refrigerated and tightly closed. How long does sparkling water last in the refrigerator once opened? Sparkling water that has been continuously refrigerated will keep at best quality for about 2 to 3 days after opening.How to Make Healthy Soda | Daisy Creek Farms
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Carbonated liquids lose their carbonation very quickly when at room temperature, when agitated, and when pushed through small orifices at room pressure.
You can't change the "small orifices" part due to your bottle design (and, honestly, these aren't that small so it isn't as bad as, say, a needle valve). But you can change the temperature. Cool the liquid until almost icy before charging it, then pour slowly (reduced agitation) into a pre-chilled glass bottle. If you can, tilt the bottle so it runs down the side of the bottle inside, rather than as a stream into the liquid on the bottom.
The biggest difference will be made by making sure everything is ice cold, though.
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