Dandelion & Burdock

[wardup82]

Hi,

Bought 2 litres of fizzy dandelion and burdock from asda today and planning to use in a tc with another 2 litres of apple juice. Obviously I will boil the d&b for 20 mins or so to get rid of any preservatives and I assume this will get rid of the co2 as well?

Anyone else used fizzy drinks in ciders or wines and if so was it successful?

Thanks

 

[simonkidder]

never done this before but it sounds a great idea. im sure someone will come along with more information. let me know how it goes.

 

[RobWalker]

2 things you míght wanna note - there might be aspartame etc which will not ferment out - could add a little to a lot of sweetness. second, the colour is likely to drop out if it's artificial - organic cordials are your best bet for flavour, but by all means give it a go!

 

[wardup82]

Thanks for letting me know, I would probably have chucked it if the colour went but now I know not to. It is a no added sugar variety so no doubt it has some non fermentables in it!

Will get it in the dj in the next week or so and will keep you informed.

 

[simonkidder]

I made a TC with grenedine which is bright red and it turned out same colour as a normal cider. All the colour was in the sediment in dj

 

[screamlead]

I made a 5 ltr batch of blackcurrant wine from cordial, boiled it first then whacked in fermenter which took ages to get going and ferment, once fermented it lost its colour too. So i racked and left for a couple of weeks the recoloured with ordinary cordial again - seems ok.
I have also made some Alcho water 'AKA Kilju' i have now bottled this and intend to flavour it with Dandilion and Burdock soda syphon syrup as i open a bottle to see if it works. If not then i'll batch flavour it next time as i have diet coke version too to try as well.
After feeding it sugar over the fermenting, it came out at 9% so i diluted it with boiled water to get 10 ltr at 4.5% - should be an interesting mixer.
I have aslo succesfully flavoured white wine with Mulberry powder - the type used to make drinks by mixing with water. As it contains loads of sugar i boiled a pint of water and dissolved it in that first and also added another cup of tannin - tea to the fv too. I have had nothing but rave reviews about it too. :

 

[alphacento]

Once you boiled the juice take a Gravity reading just to see how much sugar is there.

 

[wardup82]

Started it off on Saturday.

Once boiled down I got 1.5l of D&B added it to 3 litres Asda cheap Apple Juice bit of tannin and yeast + nutrient. So far its bubbling nicely and kept its colour but we will see what happens.