"Gregor" writes:
I know I know, not the right category but I figure those of us into
homebrewing are more than likely also making pop at home? Any info would
be appreciated on how I could make my own colas etc, what equipment is
needed, web sites, etc.

Making homebrew root beer seemed to be popular a few decades ago.
Homemade ginger beer was also done, neither having much of any
alcoholic content but a good chewy yeast flavor in both

Older cookbooks sometimes have recipes for the two of these.
The experience I had with these was the simple ferment-in-bottle.