Can a Soda Stream Carbonate Homebrew? (& TMCraft Keg Test)

Yeet! First! 😂🎉😂🎉

I wasn't aware of these kegs before the video - pretty cool stuff! I have always been weary of SodaStreams, though.

I've been using a soda stream for a year for carbonating mead. It can get highly carbonated like champagne levels if you give it about 7 pumps which unfortunately can take upwards of 15 minutes to do because you have to wait for the foam to settle down. It will also oxygenate the mead so you need to drink it immediately or same day. You also need to spray the soda stream nozzle off really well with water after or it will get sticky and break the machine over time. But that mini keg is a cool concept for mead too for sure! And probably cheaper and easier. Soda stream carbonation feels just like soda carbonation and tends to be more prickly and sharp on the tongue.

We were JUST wondering about this, but I have a minikeg and that works great, just takes a day or so. We just did a prickly pear mead in the keg.

I've been looking into getting a couple of these mini kegs since they fit nicely in a fridge and I make 5 L batches most of the time anyway. I'm also thinking of getting a similar system to this one for carbonation. A small tip though, there's adapters for these regulators that let you use sodastream CO2 canisters instead of the small 16g capsules. It turns out a lot cheaper than the capsules, easy to have refilled anywhere and a lot more manageable than a big CO2 bottle in terms of space.

I don't do a lot of carbonated mead but do have a soda stream in the garage (my father works at Frito Lay and when they bought the company, they gave all the employees a free soda stream so he gave it to me). Perhaps I'll use it to carbonate my weekly drink every so often.

Is avoiding oxygen after alcohol is present necessary even when the brew has been stabilized with Sorbate? I ask because I left out a mead in a decanter on my shelf for over a year and it tastes better than the same brew I have in a bottle..

I have a drink mate, competitors to sodastream. One thing I love about it is pulling off a ~6oz sample of beer while bottling to give it a try. It's also a lot of fun for carbonating a single bottle of wine or mead. But imo that is its only roles in homebrewing, it operates on too small of a scale to be helpful in 99% of brews.


Cool toy to play with if you are already addicted to seltzer though 😁

OMG I was just thinking about this this past week. When I bought a soda stream tank adapter for my mini keg system.

Can you carbonate a higher abv brew

Really Enjoyed Your Video , Thanks ! 🐯🤠

your friend looked a little lost 😂

I use my soda streamer to fill the headspace in my carboys with co2 whenever I open to measure or add anything. Just tilt it over the carboy, put the nozzle in the neck and blow out.

So I attempted my first batch of making things with yeast I saw a video a while ago on this channel where you just poured about a gram of yeast into some Ocean Spray and other types of juice did that are they supposed to be carbonated like really carbonated cuz that happened it tastes pretty good much seems to be fine not quite sure what the alcohol rating is on it because I lost the original gravity roof was leaking in my shed and all my notes are gone

I have been thinking about whether this would work and be good or not for years! Thanks for reading my mind and making a video!

You can get three or more pumps from the Soda Stream but you have to wait for the foam to die down. It took about 5 minutes in between pumps for me. 🍻

that line on a soda bottle isn't just to say don't fill past this, its the always fill on this line line, you needed more mede for curacy.
not that it mattered.

So I don’t know much about kegging, can you bottle straight out of that keg?

How long will mead be good in keg while in kegerator

Could you review King Cobra JFS’s bacon and banana mead? It absolutely disgusting.

No offense to anyone who has a sodastream, but from your video it looks like a cheap piece of plastic garbage to me haha. I have plenty of cheap pieces of plastic garbage at my house already. I never thought of kegging, and force carbonating my brews before! That keg looks pretty cool. I just might.

never used a soda stream?

1.straw/nozle has to be submerged (it wasn't on the mead)... there is even a fill line on the bottle to help you.... mead appeared to only be about half full.

2. your 2 presses isn't good enough... you press in 1-2 second bursts until you hear the check valve pop... it's loud, you'll know... then do 2-3 more presses.

I saw you answer another question saying you could bottle from this keg. Have you done any tests on how well the carbonation holds in the bottle over time?

Cool keg review. I see that was the most expensive model, having a large capacity at 1.3 gallons (about166 oz.) and double walled to keep your liquids cold longer. Cheerz.

Tmc link is dead

I wonder if that little keg setup would have an adapter to use with larger c02 tank

I wonder if putting a plastic tubing down into the product from the soda stream with work better if you already have your product bottled in separate container

How long can you leave mead in that keg ?

That TMCRAFT 1.3 Gallon Double Walled keg is pretty cool. Love the idea of double walled to keep it cold on the go. That would be perfect to bring to the neighbors parties instead of bottles!

Why would you lose the bubbles if you transferred the sodastream-carbonated-mead to a bottle for storage? Be kind, I’m a newbie. Thanks!

Again, another new keg system?

Going by big clives will it carbonate videos the idea is 3 runs in a soda stream, he does use one that is press and hold not tap though so who knows with that weird new one.

Surely what we need is an intrepid 3d printer to make a variety of bottle adapters for that to use with various common bottles.

Well, bummer, I wanted to look into this keg, but the link says error.

Why didn't you make him guess!! It's driving me crazy you had the setup for it and didn't make him guess

I've got to say I really enjoyed the way you put this video together. Given the 1555 cost of the 1.3 gallon keg it's definitely something I would have to save up for to get in the future. But in the meantime a SodaStream sounds like a pretty good alternative till I have the money for The keg.

I have to hit 4 pumps for actual Sodastream stuff. I thought the manual said 2-3 was normal, and I do like a little extra.