Beer belongs to the small group of fizzy beverages I consider as delicious and refreshing as our sodas. But in the middle of a long New York summer, I admit that I occasionally find myself wishing that my beer were a little bit more like a soda. Or that my soda was a little bit more like a beer. Enter the shandy...
Read MoreA day in the life of a Smorgasburg-er
Our talented Smorgasburg market lady, Nikki Brovold, is the contributor to today's blog post...
Read MoreJapanese inspired beverages - shiso, limes and watermelon
I recently got back from a short holiday to Kyoto and Osaka with my family. It was the end of peach season there but I was still lucky enough to have one of their incredibly delectable, juicy and very expensive peaches. Unfortunately they're very hard to ship so I wasn't able to bring one back to Hong Kong...
Read MoreLabor Day Weekend = Caribbean soda time!
In honor of the West Indies day parade, we'll be bringing strictly island flavors for all the Caribbean people! (or any and all island dwelling, or island loving people) The West Indies = the islands in the Caribbean...
Read More2 new flavors: red currant & cardamom, plus a Thai inspired one!
Sorry for all the regulars who looked for our booth last Saturday at the Flea; we were taking a break in Asheville North Carolina, eating up some grits and enjoying rafting down the Nolichucky River...
Read MoreWatermelon flavors and according to Time Out we're a rising star!
Tony's been a busy cooking up new flavors, including watermelon, cilantro, jalapeno and lime (our apologies to all the cilantro haters out there, but too bad, we love the stuff); and a watermelon tarragon and lemon which he ended up taking to the Flea and the very successful Rooftop films & Kickstarter evening last week. It looks like its going to be a scorcher of a summer, so here's to more mouth watering beverages.
Read Morenew flavors: salty plum, thai basil & lime; plus strawberry & green peppercorn
back from a very productive and tasty trip to Montreal! Dinner at Au Pied de Cochon was wonderful, and we very shyly gave the sous chef our maple bacon soda!
Read MoreBrooklyn Soda Works available soon in a couple more places
We've been talking with Ben in Bierkraft in Park Slope (he very incredibly helpful with directing us towards the correct equipment to start up with), and hopefully in a few weeks he'll be done with his renovation of the interior space and will have a couple of extra lines for kegs. One of these lines will be used for our cucumber, lime & sea salt!
Read MoreFlavors for Saturday! Our tote bag! and nice nod from Sara Jenkins of Porchetta
We're doing a repeat of the basic flavors of last week, except we're switching out the Empire apples for Jonagold apples, and upped the ginger level in the apple and ginger...
Read MoreFlavors for Saturday! And flip-top bottles to take home soda!
It's amazing how different thyme from different places can look. The thyme on the above left is from the Union Square Farmer's market, and the one on the right is from a farmers market in NJ. It seems like the one on the left is younger and lighter tasting (the leaves are bigger), while the bunch on the right has smaller denser leaves.
Read MoreDebuting at the Flea- our 3 flavors
Insanely busy past couple of days! Was at the Palo Santo kitchen preparing the sodas till 4am last night, and just finished carbonating them. And I just finished making my blackboard sign in the shape of a bottle...
Read MoreOur first scale up!
Our first scale up and soda party was a success! It featured a lemon-ginger ale; cucumber, lime & sea salt, and a root beer. No terrible technical issues, no meltdowns and no sick guests...
Read MoreApple & ginger soda; and cucumber, lime & sea salt!
This past rainy Saturday we had a visitor to our kitchen - Liza from Dirtyhandsny.com (a project through the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, about everything DIY in New York)...
Read MoreHappy Year of the Tiger! Lemongrass and lime soda
While not a typical Valentine's Day nor Chinese New Year drink, February 14th seemed like an appropriate day to try out an idea I had for soda/ sparkling juice that would solve some of my frustrations about the strength of the lime juice overwhelming the taste of the mint in the mint-lime soda...
Read MoreBrainstorming ideas
The snowy days have been an excuse for us to do some brainstorming, both for flavours and for figuring out our technical set-up...
Read Moreattempting lime mint soda
I decided to attempt a lime mint soda this morning. We had decided on a lemon mint soda the previous night, but I woke up and realized lemon just didn't feel as exciting as limes... and who doesn't love a mojito? especially in the dead of winter...
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