I'm drinking the best fizzy beer/cider I've made yet.

[hunter]

I wish I remembered the recipe, but it was something like this:

I was cleaning the cupboards of expired and nearly expired stuff and I had some applesauce, canned peaches, and some kind of pomegranate tea. I boiled that all together with some brown rice and sugar, not measuring anything, did the final fermentation in 2 liter soda bottles.

Okay, it might've been the best stuff in the world had I aged and finished it in glass bottles, but it's plenty good now.

The fun now will be recreating it.

Happy day-after-Thanksgiving!

Why should I shop when I can drink beer I made myself?

[siligut]

1. You make it sound easy

Glad it turned out good, but sorry that you may not be able to recreate the best fizzy beer/cider you've made yet.

[hunter]

3. I'm certain a random bacteria is involved.

If I'm lucky it's still around.

[HopeHoops]

2. Fizzy beer cider? WTF?

[hunter]

4. I had all this applesauce in the pantry from the season before last...

And canned peaches too.

I was going to make a simple hard cider.

But then I thought I'd put some brown rice in it to make it more like a beer. Mostly I was thinking the mix was a little short of nitrogen. I don't use synthetic yeast nutrients and I didn't have any other sort of organic nutrient on hand.

What I got was something like a fruity lambic beer.

Whatever bacteria permeates my kitchen from my hard cider and ginger ale making seems to have fancied this mix. My technique is not particularly sterile. If a brew ends up tasting bad I pour it on the compost heap. Usually that doesn't happen. Beer or wine purists best look away... this stuff is an abomination.

My brewing is totally seat-of-the-pants but here's a Mother Earth News article that explains one process:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2007-10-01/How-to-Make-Hard-Cider.aspx

I pour my brews, wines, beers, or ciders into 2 liter plastic soda bottles and keep an eye on them rather than suffer glass bottles exploding or lids popping. If the pressure gets too high I simply twist the lid open a little and bleed the excess pressure off slowly. Or maybe I decide it's time to drink it.

[HopeHoops]

5. I laughed through that entire post.

I've brewed my own beer and I love Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic. I like the soda bottle idea!