Hi all! I wasnt entirely sure where to post this so I hope this is okay.
I keep fish tanks as a hobby and enjoy trying to grow aquatic plants - to that end I have been building a DIY CO2 reactor to provide CO2 for my plants. What this actually is as far as I can tell is an alcohol .. brewer .. (I lack the vocab!) that produces CO2 as a by product. Water, sugar, yeast and baking powder go into an air tight bottle with air line out the top to take the co2 off elsewhere.
Someone said replace the water/sugar with apple juice and you have a rudimentry apple wine being made - I looked into it and it immediately captured my attention and I'm going to start trying to make some of these simple wines as a separate thing! However people have cautioned not using anything except the basic recipie as mentioned above (the baking powder is to slow the process down so you get more long term CO2) for fish tanks as the CO2 can be too erratic and cause problems in your tank.
So, long story short, every 3 weeks or so I will end up with a bottle of I guess quite flavourless alcohol .. product .. and I'm wondering if there is anything I can do with it except pour it down the loo? I do like my drinks so if there's anything fun I can make with it.. I seek your expert advice! :)
Thanks!
I keep fish tanks as a hobby and enjoy trying to grow aquatic plants - to that end I have been building a DIY CO2 reactor to provide CO2 for my plants. What this actually is as far as I can tell is an alcohol .. brewer .. (I lack the vocab!) that produces CO2 as a by product. Water, sugar, yeast and baking powder go into an air tight bottle with air line out the top to take the co2 off elsewhere.
Someone said replace the water/sugar with apple juice and you have a rudimentry apple wine being made - I looked into it and it immediately captured my attention and I'm going to start trying to make some of these simple wines as a separate thing! However people have cautioned not using anything except the basic recipie as mentioned above (the baking powder is to slow the process down so you get more long term CO2) for fish tanks as the CO2 can be too erratic and cause problems in your tank.
So, long story short, every 3 weeks or so I will end up with a bottle of I guess quite flavourless alcohol .. product .. and I'm wondering if there is anything I can do with it except pour it down the loo? I do like my drinks so if there's anything fun I can make with it.. I seek your expert advice! :)
Thanks!