Went well until adding the carbonation drops. I put 2 drops in each bottle instead of using priming sugar. Came out flat and not sweet.Was this right?
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I have not used the drops before. I back sweeten just before bottling by boiling water and adding brown sugar to the bottling bucket. Hope this helps.
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No, with the cider you want to use sugar not the drops. The drops give no flavor or abything so it won't be sweet and it won't make it fizz either because it's hard cider not beer.
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I have done that and it does retain a good amount of its carbonation. Mind you it's not going to be as carbonated as it was at first but it's still pretty good. I also kept mine in the refrigerator for the time being which will help it remain carbonated.
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Test it before you add sugar. If you're buying it in a bottle the ABV should be printed somewhere.
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I would highly recommend changing the yeast you're using. This sounds like missing or dead yeast in the recipe...
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I also use frozen concentrate juice. In fact that's all I use now. I don't use any of the soda stream syrups. My method is to check the side of the juice concentrate to see what ratio of water to concentrate to use. Most say to mix with 36oz of water to make 48oz of juice. I figured out that this is a 3:1 ratio. I filled the soda stream bottle to the fill line and poured that into a measuring cup and it was 4 cups. So I put 3 cups of water in the soda stream bottle, carbonate that and then add 1 cup of juice concentrate. There are only two downsides to this method. 1. Carbonating only 3 cups of water doesn't work quite the same as the full 4 cups (fill line), you'll have to get the hang of that. 2. You'll find that you have juice concentrate containers that are 1/3 full after using 1 cup. I usually experiment with mixing those with others, or if you like one kind, buy a bunch and eventually it will even out. Here's a couple good combinations I found while experimenting (mix both with 3 cups of carbonated water): 1/2 - 2/3 cup of Old Orchard Cranberry Bend + 1/3 - 1/2 Welches White Grape (totaling 1 cup). You get just enough cranberry flavor and the white grape adds a nice sweetness to it. 2/3 cup of Old Orchard Apple/Passion/Mango + 1/3 cup of Old Orchard Blueberry/Pomegranate (totaling 1 cup). I remember this one being pretty good. What I love about both of these is that they are 100% juice. Anyway, have fun!
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I cannot explain it from a scientific point of view. People who have tried it have reported in the internet that they caused explosions or enormous messes. In my experience when one adds their syrup fast to highly carbonated water ( I like it very fizzy) it causes a big overflowing mess of at least 1/3 to 1/2 of the carbonated water in the bottle. People in the internet report experimenting a lot with this and eventually being able to do it. I am perfectly satisfied with many of their diet flavors and do not feel the urge to carbonate other liquids.
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I was asked to respond to your question, but all of the previous responses are great. Follow Steven Raybell's response if the sugar water is not going down to the base. Great answers so you should not have anymore problems.
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I have an old ez-sweet bottle I fill up over and over. It originally held 800 servings with each being as sweet as 1 tablespoon. This powder is 500x sweet than sugar. So I toss abount 1.5 tablespoons of powder, fill the bottle with tap water, and shake it well. It makes measuring it out easy and I leave it in a drawer and have never had an issue with it going bad. Every time I fill it the inside of the bottle still looks fine. It is air tight and opaque though so that may help. I do shake it before every use to keep it homogenized though as I am sure it will settle or crystallize if not shaken before use.. I have an old ez-sweet bottle I fill up over and over. It originally held 800 servings with each being as sweet as 1 tablespoon. This powder is 500x sweet than sugar. So I toss abount 1.5 tablespoons of powder, fill the bottle with tap water, and shake it well. It makes measuring it out easy and I leave it in a drawer and have never had an issue with it going bad. Every time I fill it the inside of the bottle still looks fine. It is air tight and opaque though so that may help. I do shake it before every use to keep it homogenized though as I am sure it will settle or crystallize if not... » Read More I have an old ez-sweet bottle I fill up over and over. It originally held 800 servings with each being as sweet as 1 tablespoon. This powder is 500x sweet than sugar. So I toss abount 1.5 tablespoons of powder, fill the bottle with tap water, and shake it well. It makes measuring it out easy and I leave it in a drawer and have never had an issue with it going bad. Every time I fill it the inside of the bottle still looks fine. It is air tight and opaque though so that may help. I do shake it before every use to keep it homogenized though as I am sure it will settle or crystallize if not shaken before use.. « Show Less
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I'll chime in by saying that whether you set it to low fizz or high fizz, the entire cartridge is used. Based on your question, I think you already know that. As for watering down a fully fizzed bottle, it may work if you don't want too much fizz in your drink. I find that half a glass of juice mixed with half a glass of fizzed water from the fizzini gives the juice a nice sparkle, but it would make for a flat soda. Hope this helps!
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I took 25 drops thru the dropper. I didn't mix it. Hope it helps you, like it has me.
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I am sure the ph was low U can use alcohol to mix or for stronger peel add some tca
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Callie, I have made this wine several times and the strawberry is especially sweet. You can ease off on how much you add. You can let it go longer during your secondary ferment and keep an eye on your SG level. The lower the SG, the dryer your wine will be. If you let it go to around .996 before stabilizing, it will still have the flavor without it being as sweet. I would add only half, or less, of the strawberry pack. Good luck!
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I bought one of these machines and that was one of my concerns as well. In fact I returned the first machine becuase I thought something was wrong. The second machine seems to throw a lot of sugar on the side as well. I think it must just be a part of the design. You can break off the sugar from the side and give it out as a kind of Rock Candy. It does taste a little different then just sugar since it has been melted and reformed. Dont know that you are doing anything wrong, I just think its the machine.
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You will need to add a little sugar during the bottling process for carbonation. You can use honey or corn sugar (or anything similar). Look up bottle conditioning or bottle carbonation on the internet for how much to use.
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Go on utube. Orange juice is too thick, must be watered down. Wine did work. I would do only half of bottle because it makes a lot of fizz. You would be using a whole co2 cartridge for a small amount. The manufactures do not reconmmend it.
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If the beer is already carbonated then just fill it. If you brew it yourself and have active yeast present then you would add sugar
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I use a blender bottle to mix this. Give it a vigorous shake for 30 seconds or so and it's believed thoroughly