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Ah they wouldn't know about what the story is on carbonating wine though



"snpm" > wrote in message ups.com...
> On Feb 22, 4:06 am, "jim" > wrote:
>> Yeah I did and the same thought ocurred to me as I asked I must admit. I remember the spectacular blast I had trying
>> to
>> make fizzy milk. Personally I think nature itself had a stomach heave when it saw what I was doing and decided to
>> teach
>> me a lesson. I figured there must be industrial processes which contains the solution properly.
>>
>> I mean don't some people force-carbonate other drinks which are already beverages and not just water, like beer for
>> example?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> "snpm" > wrote in oglegroups.com...
>> > Did you ever own a soda stream Jim?

>>
>> > It was the first thing I saved up my pocket money to get, and I wasn't
>> > sorry. However, anyone who had one will recall that it was good advice
>> > to carbonate the water before adding the concentrate. If you added the
>> > concentrate to the water first, the thing went ballistic with sticky
>> > messy froth when you attempted to carbonate it. I suspect the same
>> > would happen with a wine for what is presumably the same
>> > reason....carbonating water is one thing, carbonating beverages is
>> > quite another.

>>
>> > Get busy with the fizzy!

>>
>> > I miss Soda Stream, which is not mainstream in the States, no pun
>> > intended

>>
>> > Sean

>>
>> > On Feb 21, 4:22 pm, "jim" > wrote:
>> >> I didin't want to take the other champagne style carbonation thread OT so I ask an obvious question here rather
>> >> than
>> >> there!

>>
>> >> Does anybody carbonate wine in the same manner that they do fizzy drinks? If not, is it because the flavour is
>> >> impaired? The only other answer I could think of is that it is more hassle and expense than it is worth having a
>> >> pressure-bottler and carbonation system rather than simply adding sugar or bottling pre-dry.

>>
>> >> Thanks, Jim- Hide quoted text -

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> never personally heard of force carbonating beer. Try the beery group.
> They would be a better crowd to ask I guess
>