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Added 2023-11-10 18:54:58 +0000 UTCOne of the missing links in low and no-alcohol beverages is the sensation from alcohol, the burn or heat as it is often called. Back in the early 1800s, a product nicknamed Hot Drops was added to root beer to give it some kick. Hot Drops was actually No.6 Rheumatic Drops which was a simple mixture of myrrh, cayenne pepper and alcohol and was dosed at a low level, usually a teaspoon to give a drink some bite. In this video I will show you how to make the original formula for Hot Drops and in future videos I will be adding it some root beer recipes to see whether it makes an improvement.
Obviously, adding a small amount of alcohol can make this drink non-alcoholic, but a teaspoon in a 12 oz (355 mL) beverage gives an abv of 0.73% which is non-alcoholic in most of Europe, but not so in North America. The solution to this is to use more hot pepper powder (twice the amount, so 4.4 grams) and then dose the Hot Drops at 1/2 teaspoon. This gives an ABV of 0.36, which is considered non-alcoholic.
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The Hot Drops recipe is part of the Root Beer formula sheet found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/root-beer-sheet-93001453
Darcy S. O'Neil
2024-10-30 17:29:05 +0000 UTCcan you link to the formula sheet as i can seem to assess it on flavour zone because the website doesnt recognise my subscription.
Chris Geary
2024-10-30 17:27:08 +0000 UTCSoxhlet is an aggressive extraction. The standard percolator extraction will get almost 100% of the flavour compounds out, as long as the abv is 60%+. Here is the definitive book on the subject from 1895: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn2gy6&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021
Darcy S. O'Neil
2024-07-04 12:28:36 +0000 UTCI wonder if it wouldn't be interesting to extract with a Soxhlet and then evaporate the ethanol at low pressure to increase the concentration. I'll give it a try and compare the two.
Olivier Huens
2024-07-04 08:00:54 +0000 UTC
