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["Erdman, James" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

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>From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Jim Fruth



>    The local Lions Club hosts a Chokecherry Festival every year and  I've
> been asked to invent a carbonated beverage using chokecherries but I don't
> know how to start.  Can anyone help us out?

The syrup suggestions sound reasonable to me.  For carbonation,  we use a CO2 
tank and Cornelius 5gal kegs, same stuff we use for serving batches of home 
brewed beer.  We have been using the CO2 tank to carbonate our ginger ale and 
root beer now, instead of using yeast, to get more consistency and less 
chance of exploding bottles.  A homebrewer or home brew/winemaking supply 
store would have all the info on CO2 tanks, Cornelius kegs and the related 
equipment.
 
Jim, in Menomonie WI, with many carboys of cider fermenting happily

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