Reply #31: Get a CO2 setup

[Warpy]

The bottles are reusable and the canisters are recycled and refilled. The only plastic crap is the housing for the canister and the bottles, all of which are multiple use. It's great for turning filtered water into the best seltzer you've ever had and the flavor mixes are pretty good, too.

It's not so good for trying to make your own sparkling cider. CO2 doesn't dissolve into sugary water and tends to fizz over. You can, however, add fruit concentrates to it after you've fizzed the water with fair success.

The best part is that the contents don't sit in the bottle for weeks, leaching all sorts of nasties out of the plastic.

I'll have to check out the non cranberry tubes of concentrate. I lived on Cape Cod too long, gleaning cranberries after harvest and turning them into Xmas presents ever to face the damned things again, even in juice.