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Add some fizzy sparkle to your life and discover the delicious and refreshing world of homemade soft drinks. Drawing on centuries-old traditions from American general stores and pharmacy soda fountains, this fun and informative guide has recipes for perennial favorites like birch beer and ginger beer, as well as more adventurous concoctions like Molasses Switchel and Dandelion Champagne. Stephen Cresswell provides easy-to-follow directions that cover everything from extracting the earthy undertones of sassafras for an exciting root beer to whipping up a caffeine-charged Coffee Whizzer. 

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1580170528
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Storey Publishing, LLC; Illustrated edition (January 6, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781580170529
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580170529
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.35 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
Reviewer: A. Killion
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Tons of variety; tons of supplemental info
Review: One of the more critical points of homemade-anything is learning about where to acquire raw materials... even when some of those materials have been made illegal or highly controlled in their sale (e.g., sassafras root). There's a lot of great information on how to identify certain plant species in the wild for extracting syrup (birch trees), digging up roots (burdock, sassafras), and generally just getting more in touch with your inner forager.For those who have no interest in foraging, this book may light a fire under your butt to get interested. Even if it doesn't, the recipes have all been very dependable and fantastic. I'm a huge fan of their inclusion of such old-fashioned beverages as shrub and tonics, and more everyday fun beverages that can be made with brewed coffee and one or two additional ingredients. A great way to spice up anyone's dreary drinking world, without killing your body with high quantities of acids and syrups.

Reviewer: Larry D. Collins Jr.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I was like a kid again...
Review: Of course that's not saying much. I have failed to grow up in a great many ways. I can tell you however that this book is short, but filled with well documented and basic recipies. If you are curious about making your own homemade soda, then you need this book. It is the "primer". You can digest the whole book in a sitting and proceed to customizing the recipie's with confidence. I keep it close at hand these days, because the fun activity with my boys and me, this summer, will be experimenting in the kitchen with this great, simple, and historicly signifigant project.Buy this book, and have a "ball". We did.

Reviewer: Daniel H
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sweetness!!! Literally!
Review: I Love this book! I've been making homemade wine and liquor (in very small batches) for quite a while. I've made beer in the past but I'm not a fan. Now its nice to be able to make my own herb brews and sweet brews whenever I want. Very easy and WAY healthier without all the High Fructose Corn Syrup waste product that everyone puts in their sodas. I recommend this even to the Newbie. Especially if your going to go into beers, and ales or even further with the liquor. This is a wonderful stepping stone. Its all about making it yourself.

Reviewer: B. P.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty much the only book of its kind
Review: Pretty much the only book of its kind, that is it gives recipes (some over 100 odd years old) for real Root Beer using sassafras roots. My only gripe is that the recipes use a dangerous method of fermentation and carbonation all in the one run (which is a recipe for exploding bottles). I contacted the author and pointed out that with decades of brewing experience I have never had a bottle explode because I use the modern 'standard' two part brewing ('primary' & 'secondary' fermentations) i.e. first add your ingredients and as much sugar as you want, let it fully finish fermenting and then add a specific amount of sugar to each bottle to safely achieve a carbonation/fizz in the sealed bottle (you can even buy sugar lumps designed for specific bottle sizes to do this or use a measure).

Reviewer: Grimmer
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: good read, not a source for soda stream knowledge
Review: This is an interesting study into brewing home sodas the old fashioned way. The author is very knowledgable with anecdotes both fun and fascinating. This book is an easy read with a ton of recipes that you'll go back to again and again if this is your thing.Unfortunately, this isn't what I was looking for. We bought a soda stream recently and I was looking for some ways to add more varieties and be more economical. That really isn't what this book is for. But if you want to brew soft drinks, yes I said brew... like with yeast and stuff... this is a great book for you.

Reviewer: dragoneye
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun!
Review: Trying these recipes has been a fun adventure. Most of my crew still prefer store bought, but I’ve really enjoyed making my own soft drinks.

Reviewer: Adele
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helpful Resource for the DIY Soda brewer
Review: I'm glad I purchased this book altho I wish it was a little more current (it's written in 1998). Sandor Katz's referral in his fermentation book inspired me to order it. There's a lot of conflicting information online about home brewing non alcoholic drinks. I haven't read this book from cover to cover yet. Hopefully Cresswell will clarifiy home brewing for the novice. I was looking for drinks that use a "ginger bug" - most of his call for ale yeast. I'm wondering if it's okay to substitute ginger bug for the ale yeast? Tried to find the author on FB to ask. No luck so far. I've made ginger ale from an online recipe with ginger bug - it's tasty. My 1st batch of root beer didn't turn out so great altho my husband likes it for the probiotics. Sassafras is one hell of a herb to locate! Ordered a pound from an Amazon seller but it's been on back order for a month. All in all, I can't wait to try some of the recipes in this book. I recommend it.

Reviewer: Bob O'Brien
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Useful book
Review: I liked. the wide variety of recipes

Reviewer: Jean-Francois Forest
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A+++

Reviewer: Mike darlington
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excellent

Reviewer: juliejust8
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: After seeing this book as suggested "further reading" in Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz I decided to purchase it. At 120 pages it's not huge but it really does cover everything you might need to know to make really unusual and excellent soft drinks (as well as old standbys)all essentially non-alcoholic. The recipes are small (10-12 bottles)but the process, using yeast to create the bubbles, requires that the bottles be refrigerated once carbonation is achieved so fridge space is an issue. And as I found out over carbonation can be really messy. However you can increase recipe size when you are creating something special for an event.If made from scratch food is your thing and you like trying new favors, you are going to love this book.It's more about quality than quantity.

Reviewer: Heather w
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I bought this book after glimpsing it on a youtube video about making lacto-fermented fizzy drinks. The video was from America so it also means this book is really for the American market.I have become disapointed with the choice (or lack of) non alchoholic drinks for the UK consumers, and this book showed promise that I could create my own.When I recieved it, I found its not the recipe book I thought it would be.It does have a good amount of recipes listed, but its more a sourcebook of information on the history, advice on how-to and equipment, and other interesting bits and peices to read and devour.I like having this book in my "kitchen" library, its good to pick up at any time when I feel the urge to make a natural fizzy drink, which is often as I detest cola and all the other nasty fizzy drinks from the shops with the exception of a recent tradional ginger beer brand thats making a come back.The recipes are very basic, but are very good to follow. The downside is, as it is an American book, some of the recipes call for ingredients that are hard to come by, if you are from the UK - as I am.I really wish I could try out the recipes for sarsaparilla soda or that it was possible to get hold of some of the ingredients needed for some recipes. But sadly, being in the uk doesnt make it very easy to find supplies for the recipes I would wish to brew.A good book to learn from, but not to be a useful book.