That happens with sourdough starter and homemade soda too! Fermentation is fun but can be very messy....That reminds me of the time my former MIL decided to make her own sauerkraut. She made up several big crocks full of cabbage, shoved the lids on tight and stored them in her basement while she went on vacation. She came home to a reeking house and a basement covered in rotten cabbage (the crocks had exploded because the lids were tightly sealed).
Yep and BEER!!!!
I never have had a bottle blow doing homebrew but then I always used overengineered German bottles. But quite often when cracking open a bottle it was quite obvious I had eyeballed(and not calculated) the final carbonating sugars. This was probably due to my "evaluations" on previous brew runs during the bottling process.
If you can find it in Texas - I think that FRANKS KRAUT is probably the best I have ever had. It is the only stuff I buy. They have it in cans, jars and fresh in bags in the stores around here. But Northeast Wisconsin was settled by Germans and such so it is a vital part of our diet (at least in my family).
That reminds me of the time my former MIL decided to make her own sauerkraut. She made up several big crocks full of cabbage, shoved the lids on tight and stored them in her basement while she went on vacation. She came home to a reeking house and a basement covered in rotten cabbage (the crocks had exploded because the lids were tightly sealed).
Yep and BEER!!!!
The big problem with home brewed soda is that you do not use up all of the sugar. Even refrigerated, it will still ferment.Yep and BEER!!!!
Some good points here and simple, but I do trust the technology of the older generations and the fact it is a buy once and use for a lifetime aspect of what is available at Lehman's(shame they Americanized the name).
Ok I'll look a Wally World I think I have seen some "Franks" products there. I haven't noticed any at HEB stores but they have an online shoper website that will let me find which stores stock it. I feel guilty every time I purchase things at Wally world and prefer to shop local for a number of politically bent reasons.
