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Birch Sap Soda

Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 14 days

Ingredients

  • 1 quart fresh birch sap
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup dried or fresh berries (optional)
  • 2 tbsp spruce pitch (optional)
  • 2 to 4 spruce twigs (optional)
  • 1/4 cup chopped ginger, dry or fresh (optional)

Instructions

  • Combine birch sap and sugar in a jar with a lid.
  • Stir or shake to combine.
  • Add flavor ingredients of your choice. I love spruce boughs/ginger and lowbush cranberries/spruce pitch. But the possibilities are endless.
    Try to leave a little bit of headroom (about 1 inch)
  • Let sit at room temperature for one to two weeks, burp (open to let the excess gas out) periodically. Usually I start out needing to do it 2 times a day for 5 to 7 days, and tapering off to every other day as the fermentation slows.
  • After fermentation has slowed leave closed until ready to use, storing in the refrigerator or cool room.