Hard Orange Soda

The full Rainford's Brew Lab Lab Sheet for our Orange Cider — the stupidly simple one-ingredient brew that Pete reckons is just a pinch of sweetener away from a proper Buck's Fizz. One bottle of orange juice, some yeast, and a few days. That's genuinely it.

Inside your Lab Sheet:

✅ Full ingredient list with exact quantities and costs calculated from the Rainford Price List

✅ Step-by-step method — from juice to force carbonation

✅ The complete Rainford Scaling Table — scale from a 1L trial batch all the way up to a 25L big batch, with costs calculated at every volume

✅ Lab Notes — including the pectolase upgrade tip for a clearer pour, the sweetener trick that turns this into a Buck's Fizz, and why carbonation is absolutely non-negotiable on this one

✅ ABV estimation explained — no OG was taken in the video, so the sheet breaks down exactly how the ~5% figure was calculated from the juice sugar content and FG reading

✅ Blood orange variation notes for when you're ready to take it up a level

Simple. Cheap. Surprisingly sophisticated. Shed-tested and budget-approved. Cheers! 🍺