Strawberries & Cream Dirty Soda Kit

Strawberries & Cream starts with Sprecher® Cream Soda and leans straight into soda-shop dessert territory. Strawberry flavoring adds bright berry character while lactose builds a soft, creamy body around the base soda's vanilla and honey sweetness. Tasting Notes Flavor: Sweet strawberry layered over vanilla-forward cream soda. Finish: Berry-forward with a soft vanilla cream finish. Mouthfeel: Smooth and creamy, balanced by bright carbonation. What’s Included 1 gallon Sprecher Cream Soda Syrup 1 lb lactose 1 dram LorAnn Super Strength Strawberry Flavoring Yield: 5 gallons of finished dirty soda. Behind the Mix These kits were built around the same full-keg method we use in our own dirty soda trials: dissolve 1 lb of lactose separately, combine it with pre-sweetened Sprecher syrup and concentrated flavoring in the keg, then mix and carbonate under pressure. Cream Soda already supplies the vanilla foundation, so this recipe only needs one added flavor. Strawberry keeps the profile clear and recognizable, while lactose shifts the drink from strawberry soda toward a true strawberries-and-cream dirty soda.Mixing & Carbonation Instructions Clean and sanitize. Clean and sanitize a 5 gallon keg, lid, and anything that will contact the soda. Dissolve the lactose. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the full 1 lb of lactose until completely dissolved. Cool the lactose solution before adding it to the keg. Build the soda. Add the full 1 gallon of Sprecher soda syrup to the sanitized keg. Add the cooled lactose solution, then add all flavoring included with the kit. Fill to 5 gallons. Add water until the total volume reaches 5 gallons. Mix under pressure. Seal the keg, apply 25 to 30 PSI of CO2, and shake or rock the keg for at least 1 minute. This helps thoroughly mix the syrup, lactose solution, flavoring, and water while giving carbonation a head start. Carbonate cold. Chill the keg and keep it connected at 25 to 30 PSI for about 3 days, or until carbonated to your preference. Serve. Reduce to your normal serving pressure, typically 5 to 10 PSI depending on your draft system, and serve cold. Forced carbonation only: Sprecher soda syrups contain preservatives and are not intended for yeast or priming sugar carbonation. Recommended Keg Setup A standard 5 gallon ball lock keg will work. For a blended drink like dirty soda, we also recommend the Craft Cocktail on Draft 5 Gallon Ball Lock Keg. Its two full-length dip tubes send incoming CO2 to the bottom of the keg, helping keep the drink mixed as you pour. If you already own a compatible keg, another option is adding a full-length liquid dip tube on the gas side for a similar bottom-up CO2 setup. Kegging equipment and CO2 are not included with the recipe kit.