Backyard Blackberry Soda

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The fruit-syrup basal for this nonalcoholic soda besides works good erstwhile added to cocktails oregon a champagne spritzer. The look is rather versatile and tin beryllium made with a assortment of fruits, spices and spirit combinations.

Citric acerb is disposable astatine room stores, astatine MOM's markets and astatine Yes! Organic Market successful Cleveland Park.

The acidulated berries request to beryllium for astatine slightest 8 hours and up to overnight. The basal tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for respective weeks.

From Melissa Horst, beverage manager astatine the Virtue Feed & Grain successful Alexandria.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 20-40

2 quarts water
1 lb caller blackberries
1 tablespoonful citric acerb (see headnote)
1 1/2 cups to 2 cups sugar, oregon arsenic needed, based connected the ripeness of the berries oregon to taste
Seltzer h2o oregon nine soda

Nutritional Facts

Per 2-tablespoon serving (using 1 1/2 cups sugar)

Calories
40
Carbohydrates
9 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Melissa Horst, beverage manager astatine the Virtue Feed & Grain successful Alexandria.

Tested by Nicole Schofer.

Published July 19, 2011

Updated March 13, 2026