A "soda" but not really, Christmas

Valli had the fun idea to make a crapload of cream soda and give it away to our friend’s and such around the neighborhood with the following poem.

Some people are soda crazy, fun to be around.
Some people are soda cheery,
making others smile instead of frown.
Some people are soda neighborly, taking
interest and lending a hand.
Some people are soda superior when it comes to
being a friend.
So at this Christmas time, we want to celebrate by telling
you that we think you’re soda great!

So a week and a half ago she made 3 gallons of cream soda and left it to brew. Last night she typed up the poems on pretty paper and sanitized 30 or so bottles that have been collecting dust, ants, goo, and other yuckies for the past couple months since we switched to kegs. I didn’t really do much work, I just advised on the sanitation process since that has traditionally been my job. Everything was going great until we opened up the soda jugs and discovered that they were nasty. It was the first batch that we have ever made of cream soda that wasn’t delicious. The bottom line is this- No soda for you!


Oh well, we have had a great Cristmas holiday anyway. Its great to just be together. And wait till you see what we've done in the bedroom!


Not that- sickos.


Merry Christmas Everyone!

Home-made Rootbeer

I tasted my first home-brewed root beer this afternoon and it was GOOD. Sunday afternoon The Wife and I turned our kitchen into a brewery and cranked out a gallon of root beer and a gallon of cherry soda. They have been in the basement fermenting since then and I pulled one of each tonight for dinner to check how things were coming along. The cherry is still flat and tastes like NyQuil. It even has a gross menthol taste. I don't know where all that came from but- oh well. The root beer is awesome. It has a thick foamy head and its not too sweet and soooo good. It's so good I don't believe we actually made it ourselves. We are keeping it in the basement for one more night and then moving them all in the fridge after that. The cold is supposed to slow down the fermentation so the glass bottles don't all explode. The cherry stays for another 48 hours I guess. Hopefully it will improve with age. If not can give them to friends we don't really like as gifts. Either way, we had a lot of fun making them, and will do it again soon. It's easy and kids could even do it. We spent about thirty bucks on bottles, a capper, caps, and a bottle brush. We spent another fifteen on three different flavor extracts-Root beer, cherry, and cream soda. Each little bottle is good for 4 gallons. And the champagne yeast we used is less than fifty cents a packet. We got our ingredients and instructions form this website.