Making Your Own Sparkling Cider

Make Your Own Sparkling Cider

Note: Must have adult on hand. Dry ice can burn bare skin!

Dry Ice
Cooler
Apple Juice
Bowl
Tongs


Buying Dry Ice
I bought it for the first time today from a local chain grocery store, but also can be bought at Baskin Robbins and other ice cream places

• I walked up to the information counter, and told them I needed five pounds
• Which, by the way, if you are using it right away, is probably too much
• I used the dry ice at work and had some left over, to try this with
• Then straight to the check out line to pay for it
• they made sure I was age appropriate to buy it (18+)
• Dry Ice sublimates, meaning the carbon-dioxide goes straight from the solid it is to a gas.
• So, having a cooler to take it home in will help extend it’s life, also make sure you don’t have too many stops before getting home.
• If you buy it the day before you need it, get twice the amount you will need and pack it in several bags before tucking it into the freezer. 
• Freezers in general are not really cold enough to preserve it for very long

What is Dry Ice?

• Carbon dioxide made into a solid,
• Breathe out. What you breathed out is carbon dioxide.
• Colder than water when it freezes
• Should never be touched with bare skin. Tongs, and very thick work gloves are fine

Step one: Empty apple juice into bowl

• For a faster experiment, heat juice.
• My bowl turned out to be a little to small for my experiment
• Place bowl in area where it can be observed by, but not touched by small hands

Step two:

• With tongs, not bare hands, drop a large chunk of dry ice into bowl
• You can also wrap the dry ice in a cheese cloth and secure with a rubber band to make sure it's not consumed

Step Three:

• Enjoy watching the magic
• Do not consume yet!

Step Four

• Wait, until all the dry ice is gone (dry ice should not be touching skin, i.e. lips or stomach insides, but with enough time it will all visibly disappear)
•  starting with hotter juice will speed up the time and it's still cold when done
• Drink your now carbonated apple juice/sparkling apple cider
• As a bonus it's ice cold
• Try it again with a different juice blend