Homemade Soda While you Grill
Upon receiving the Soda Club, I put it through its paces and worked up several beverages, including diet colas and fruit-enhanced beverages. The set-up was very simple and the directions gave clear and concise steps to set up the carbonizer.
The top feature is self control of the water source. You decide what you start with, distilled, spring, bottled or tap water. Then you decide the carbonation level. Three presses produces normal levels of carbonation and above that, it is a taste preference. I myself go for four pumps for that added fizz. Just make sure you chill the water before you add carbonation.
As for the flavors; true, they do not taste exactly like Coke or Pepsi; then again, they are from a bottling facility and have exacting measures taken to ensure their unique flavor profile, therefore Soda Club cannot legally duplicate the exact formulas, hence the same flavors.
That being said, the flavors that I’ve tried (Cola, Diet Cola, Diet Cran-Raspberry, Lemon Lime, Fountain Mist, Diet Pink Grapefruit, Diet Orange and their Energy drink) have all been quite refreshing and tasty. My kids love the entire selection and love to be part of the process of making the soda. My three-year-old daughter comes up to me every so often asking for a specific flavor and then shakes the product to mix it for me when I make it.
I can now make soda when I need it and I’ve not had to go out to buy soda or sparkling water since this machine arrived at my doorstep. The process is quite simple and the syrups are inexpensive and shelf stable. It’s great for the environment and the finished product has less sugar than their name brand counterparts. An average liter of store bought soda has one cup of sugar. The diet syrups utilize Splenda, which is derived from sugar.
So after firing up the grill or while smoking your favorite brisket, pop in a bottle of water, fizz it up and add your favorite flavor or wine to make a refreshing spritzer. If you love soda and you love saving money, time and gas then the Soda Club is for you!
I had no idea that these machines were still around! Growing up, my family spent some time living in England, and I remember we had something called a Soda Stream (which sounds just like this).
One of the cardinal sins in our house at that time was failing to fill up the bottles with water and to return them to the fridge! You’d hear the shouts of outrage from every corner of the house.