"Special" Rhubarb Soda

[Brann_mac_Finnchad]

A yeast fermented rhubarb soda, with oats and chocolate malt.

1 pound rhubarb, roughly chopped (6 large stalks)
40 oz water
2 tablespoons Quaker Oats, toasted
1 tablespoon Chocolate malt (crushed)
1/4th teaspoon cinnamon
10 tbsp white sugar
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4th tsp yeast of choice (Safale US-05 for me)

bring the rhubarb and water to a boil. Take off heat and add oats, malt, and cinnamon. Allow to steep until cool enough to touch. Strain, then filter to get the. After filtering, dissolve sugars, and vanilla. Pitch yeast when must (is there a technical term for soda?) is room temperature.
Stash somewhere undisturbed for 2-3 days. Open carefully.

Makes two 20 oz bottles.

 

[thatjonguy]

Care to describe the resulting beverage which is pretty much a spiced sparkling wine?

 

[Brann_mac_Finnchad]

How it is a wine? It isn't fermented enough to be, and wine cannot contain grains (to the best of my knowledge).

Tart rhubarb flavour, with malty chocolate backing it up. You can't really taste the cinnamon or vanilla. The oats help mouthfeel.