Soda Extracts

Homemade soda is economical and, like good homebrew, fresher and more flavorful than what you can buy in the store. Best of all, it's very easy to make - no boiling, no lengthy fermentation. Mix the soda extract with hot water and sugar, then package it right away.

A five or three gallon soda keg is an ideal vessel for homemade soft drinks: not only do they taste great on draft, they can be carbonated on the spot. For bottling, soda makers will need to add dry champagne yeast (Item #Y151) to produce carbonation, and use plastic bottles and caps (#40113 and #40128). It is dangerous to use glass bottles - only use plastic! Please read the safety note before making soda at home.

Safety Note: Homemade soda is unlike beer or wine, where the levels of carbonation are carefully controlled. We strongly advise against bottling in glass because fermentation and pressure buildup will not stop until the bottles are refrigerated.

Gnome Soda Extracts

Anyone who's tasted Gnome Root Beer doesn't need to be told that it is the creamiest, richest-tasting root beer that you can make at home. If you haven't tried it yet, make a batch and see for yourself—we think you'll agree. The extracts come in 4 oz packets and yield between 5 and 10 gallons of soda, depending on how strong you want the soda to taste.

#5553

Gnome Old Fashioned Vanilla Cream

$7.50
EACH

#5554

Gnome Draft Style Root Beer

$7.50
EACH

#5550

Gnome Crystal Clear Vanilla Cream

$7.50
EACH

#5551

Gnome Spicy Ginger Beer

$7.50
EACH

#5552

Gnome Autumn Red Birch Beer

$7.50
EACH

Old Fashioned Soda Extracts

Yields four gallons; recipe included with extract gives ingredient proportions for any increment.

#5500

Old Fashioned Root Beer Extract

$5.75
EACH

#5502

Old Fashioned Birch Beer Extract

$5.75
EACH

#5504

Old Fashioned Sarsaparilla Soda Extract

$5.75
EACH

#5506

Old Fashioned Ginger Beer Extract

$5.75
EACH

#5508

Old Fashioned Cola Extract

$5.75
EACH

#5510

Old Fashioned Cream Soda Extract

$6.25
EACH

#5501

Old Fashioned Cherry Soda Extract

$6.25
EACH

#5503

Old Fashioned Ginger Ale Extract

$6.25
EACH

#5505

Old Fashioned Orange Soda Extract

$5.75
EACH

#5507

Old Fashioned Raspberry Soda Extract

$6.25
EACH

Sprecher Soft Drink Syrup

For those of you with draft systems, making soft drinks couldn't get any easier than this. Simply dilute one part syrup with four parts water and carbonate. These are the same famous soft drinks made by the Sprecher Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The syrups contain sodium benzoate, a preservative, which means that you can not naturally carbonate this by adding yeast. All flavors contain one gallon of concentrate and yield five gallons of soda.

#5590

Sprecher Root Beer Soda Syrup

$24.99
EACH