Hard Seltzer?

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Beanhead

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Hi everyone,

Wondered if anyone has any experience of brewing a fizzy hard seltzer?

I have a few syrups and have always wondered if I could use these to brew out a basic fizzy watery alcohol?

Here's what I'm thinking:
  1. Water (to make up just shy of 1 Gal/5ltrs)
  2. Sugar
  3. Flavoured syrup (the Lowicz/Monin variety)
The above boiled to kill anything and dissolve the sugar. Then cooled and yeast starter and cider yeast added to ferment out. Bottled with carbonation drops.

I guess my question is:
  • Should I add the syrup at the boil stage or wait until conditioning to impart more flavour/colour?
  • Would cider yeast be OK for something like this?
  • Would making it fizzy, be exactly the same i.e. like priming a capped cider bottle?
It seems pretty straight forward on paper or am I overthinking it?

Thanks
 

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