Emma Christensen - Author
Emma Christensen is a food writer and editor with over 15 years of experience creating food and cooking content for online and print publications. She is the general manager for Simply Recipes and Spruce Eats, and a former editor for The Kitchn. She is also the author of three books on homebrewing: True Brews, Brew Better Beer, and Modern Cider, and she collaborated on the James Beard Award-winning The Kitchn Cookbook. Her work has appeared in Fine Cooking, Vegetarian Times, Cook’s Illustrated, and Edible Columbus. Emma is a graduate of The Cambridge School for Culinary Arts and Bryn Mawr College.

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How to Make Your Own Boozy Fermented Drinks
By Emma Christensen
About Hard Seltzer, Iced Tea, Kombucha, and Cider
Imagine coming home from the farmers market and making a delicious batch of all-natural Strawberry Hard Kombucha. Or treating yourself to a Blackberry Hard Seltzer after picking a batch of blackberries during an afternoon walk. Or whipping up a few gallons of Mai Tai Hard Iced Tea to share at backyard barbecues this summer.
And the best part?
These homemade drinks are easy and budget-friendly, and expert homebrewer Emma Christensen is ready to help you bring the microbial magic to your kitchen!
Whether you want to recreate your favorite canned drink or flex your own creative muscles with all-natural ingredients, Emma will be with you every step of the way, ensuring every batch is a success. Hard Seltzer, Iced Tea, Kombucha, and Cider is chock full of helpful techniques and tips to make your own fizzy delights in no time. Choose from over 45 recipes organized from basic to adventurous, popular to off-beat, and low-ABV to higher ABV. Recipes include Yuzu-Plum Hard Seltzer, Mint Julep Hard Iced Tea, Blueberry-Pomegranate Hard Kombucha, Mulled Cranberry Hard Cider, and many more.
Emma will soon have you strolling the grocery store and wondering “Will it fizz?” with everything you see!
An easy and accessible guide to making hard fizzy drinks—from seltzer and iced tea to kombucha and cider—at home from the author of True Brews.
“Emma Christensen’s latest fermented tour de force is equal parts educational and entertaining, providing a recipe-driven road map to the rapidly expanding drinking world.”—Joshua M. Bernstein, author of The Complete Beer Course
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