Mike, See my link above, there's several soda brew recipes in there as well, under the "Other Beverages" heading. *Cheers*

Wil, Been a lurker here for quite a while now. Not sure if you've ever heard of it, but the Cat's Meow was the Betty Crocker cookbook of beer back in the day. Originally, it was available in print form from CompuServe, which took forever and a day to download on a 1200Baud modem :p. So, back in the early 90's, I helped get it online and in DB form, along with a long time Pal of mine, and the guy that got me hooked on brewing, Dave Ruggerio (beer brewer extraordinaire, owner of Barley Malt & Vine (BMV) in Newton, MA, Boston area Beer Judge, etc.). Sadly, I lost track of Dave when he bought a Meadery/Winery somewhere in Maine, and I haven't brewed a single batch in hmm... 5 or 6 years now. I brewed pretty much dozens of batches a year, for about 15 years straight. I miss it, and am very definitely going to get back into it again soon though. Anyhow, the link to the Cat's Meow recipe DB is: http://www.brewery.org/cm3/CatsMeow3.html You should check it out, it has some pure gold brews in it.

Wil, Long time reader, first time poster. Thank you for this post. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and you did a fantastic job making me feel like I was there in the car and the room with you. SBM is one of my all time favorites and I've watched it with my family literally several dozens of times over the years. I didn't know him, but I miss him too. Thanks again for sharing this with us!