How We Carbonate Our Soda Water - Glen And Friends Cooking - Carbonating Water

Since we started the Soda Pop series, a lot of people have been asking how we carbonate our soda water. Do we use a Soda Stream? (not anymore) Or do we have a different set of equipment? We've been using Corny kegs from our homebrew beer setup.
Here are some places where you can buy similar equipment:

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[sampull]

I love how “turn on all the lights... we’re filming!” Includes the oven light!

[SHRIFF]

Always thought this was your actual kitchen, I always admired it!

[sylvestermutuku]

Something about your videos seem natural, not rehearsed or reading from a script or forced.
That right there is a performance art in itself. I'm fairly new here but this is some great stuff, thank you.

[jameskerster]

Clearly we need a video on how you modified your freezer. "Hey honey, do you mind if I make room in the freezer for something? I just want to make room for a few

[greybliss]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels, Much love from the UK, Keep it up!

[jonathanzink]

It's amazing the amount of projects you have going on all of the time. I imagine you have to be crazy organized with your video files.

[PrimyFritzellz]

Can you guys do a version of root beer sometime?

[rowanfortier]

Amazing!!! My wife & I did the math on how much Club Soda we were buying before we got the Soda Stream and we are saving about 100$ a year with the Soda Stream. We just love bubbly water! But now with the information from the video I have to do some math again & I have a feeling we will be investing in a bar fridge and that setup. Thank you so much for posting this & all of your wonderful videos!

[RoloYolo]

If you don't have the room for a keg you can get a Carbacap from a brew shop or Amazon that screw on 1 or 2 liter PET soda bottles. You will need a ball lock coupling to connect to the cap. These bottles are rated to 50 PSI so you can carbonate at 30 PSI and they fit nicely in your refrigerator.

[gabrielbennett]

Two ways I've carbonated homemade sodas are #1: the old fashioned way, using yeast fermentation over a period of days. This does create a tiny bit of alcohol (not necessarily a bad thing 😏). #2: forced carbonation, by stirring chunks of dry ice through it until it's dissolved. This not only carbonates it, but also chills it nicely.

[sennest]

Oh this is what I about your channel!! Thank you! The history, the science, the culture - it just gets better! Thank you, again!!

[jpsaverino]

I use Drinkmate over Sodastream. The Drinkmate setups are engineered with a slow-release valve to deal with foaming which allows you to carbonate anything not just water. Think carbonated wines, bloody Marys, etc... I feed the carbonator directly (and also refill friend's 14 oz CO2 bottles for cheap) from a 20 lb cylinder of CO2 which lives in my basement. Definately check out Drinkmate's unit!

[paulquinton]

Thank you. I am a Canadian living in Thailand, and investigating how to make soda pop at my cafe. Your video has helped me. So that is good! Cheers!

[CountDrunkula]

This just randomly showed up in my suggestions and I really liked it. I've got a system like this already but how did youtube know??!


You've got a great balance of being affable while still not stalling on information. That's a great thing.

[Kenjiro]

I have been a silent fan of your vids until you showed those Corny Kegs. I too worked in a theater during the mid eighties and instant recognized the keg on the left. Just seeing that keg brought a flood of memories of changing kegs during rushes, the smell of popcorn in my clothes from an eight hour shift of popping through a 50 lb sack, 2 lbs at a time, and announcing shows ready to seat. In my last year (General Cinema Corp), we transitioned to bag-in-a-box, which had the major downside of having what appeared to be two plastic caps. Remove the first and the bag is unsealed, remove the second (which was the connector spout) and the entire bag of syrup would drain out in about 5 seconds because it was at the bottom of the bag. Thanks for the memory blast!

[DanielHill]

Lol I wish this had come out like 5 days ago... my wife and I bought a SodaStream specifically because your Orange Ade drink turned out so good, we wanted to try it carbonated. Either way, thanks for all the great information!

[Bionicmeech]

Fun fact: you can refill soda stream tanks with food grade dry ice that you can find at your local supermarket. Just note the max volume of the tank and measure out slightly less dry ice. Let the dry Ice melt (sublimate?) overnight and you've got yourself a ready-to-use soda stream refill! I used to fill up 2 tanks (one of them a repurposed paintball gun tank) for a couple of bucks.

[chrispapa]

This video is almost exactly what I was looking for, thanks Glen for explain things and using proper names, I was easily able to find all of the components to recreate your setup. I also used some tech wizardry of my own, using some Thermoelectric Cooler Plates, I pretty much made a mini-fridge around my keg (disclaimer I am an electronics engineer anyone who wishes to recreate it, should have extensive knowledge or seek professional help), and with my 3D printer I printed out a nice custom case for it. Might even make a youtube video about it someday.

[MrK-tilt]

I'm a homebrewer that was looking into making soda water so THANK YOU for making these videos! I'll check out the rest of the playlist and go from there. Oh and as a US scientist I'd just like to point out that I'm jealous of the use of the metric system so nonchalantly : D Cheers and thanks again !