Making your own Wine Coolers

[MedPretzel]

Quick question:


I would like to make some homemade wine coolers for my sister for christmas, and it requires 7-up/sprite-like soda pop. Do you think I could mix up a batch of wine + pop and bottle it in Beer-bottles with beer caps?





Thanks!





Martina

 

[masta]

Sounds like it would work just fine!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Wonder if it would go 'flat"??? Try some and sample before Christmas....let us all know...sounds like a winner.Edited by: Northern Winos

 

[MedPretzel]

Wonder if it would go 'flat"??? Try some and sample before Christmas....let us all know...sounds like a winner.

You know, I was thinking the same thing, but....
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My concern is that I might get too much pressure, but then again, if you shake a beer-bottle when it's capped, the cap doesn't fly off....





But I am still unsure. I will try it and see. I'll tell my sister to keep it in the "easy-to-wipe-up" room.

 

[Waldo]

Go for it Martina...Just get lots of good pics though.

 

[masta]

Chill the soda and wine well first then mix together gently in order not to release too much CO2 and pour into bottles and cap.


Chilling the soda will help it hold more of the dissolved CO2 when you mix it with the wine. Using the standard beer bottling filling technique for minimum splashing will also help.

 

[Hal Maulden]

Martina,


My guess is that the CO2 volume from the soda will be displaced to all the liquid once bottled. So, if you used 50% soda, your drink would be 1/2 as flat as started. If you wanted to take the time, you could bubble some CO2 into your wine before the bottling process.





Hal

 

[MedPretzel]

Thanks for the heads up.


I'm still not sure if I'm going to do this. Right now, it seems like there are too many hurdles.

I am sure by the 23rd of Christmas, I'll think differently.

Thanks again!





Martina