# What to do with club soda **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [August 27, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202 "2023-08-27T22:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/1 "2023-08-27T22:17:00Z")
I came back from the beach with two unused and unopened bottles of club soda. What should I make with them? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/2 "2023-08-27T22:18:59Z")
Chocolate egg creams. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/3 "2023-08-27T22:19:27Z")
Keep them until the next time you go to the beach. > How long does unopened club soda last in the refrigerator? Properly stored, unopened club soda will generally stay at best quality for about **9 months after the date on the package** when stored in the fridge, although it will usually remain safe to drink after that. > **[How Long Does Unopened Club Soda Last?](https://www.stilltasty.com/fooditems/index/16903)** > > Get the answer to the question ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/4 "2023-08-27T22:34:13Z")
I routinely drink the stuff as a poor man’s Perrier. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/5 "2023-08-27T22:38:09Z")
Mix them with pure cranberry juice (not cranberry cocktail). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/6 "2023-08-27T23:12:01Z")
Pour over ice. Add Angostura bitters. Consume. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/7 "2023-08-27T23:15:32Z")
I’m really curious about the relationship between being at the beach, and having club soda. Is there some correlation between the two that a midwesterner might not understand? In any case, 20% simply syrup by volume, some good vanilla (the real stuff), and enjoy your cream soda! I have lots and lots and lots of other sophisticated ideas, but they’re probably not worth doing for a couple of bottles of gassy water. But if you ever get a 20 lb. CO2 tank and make carbonated water regularly, feel free to ask! ---
**Author:** ![nofloyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nofloyd/32/2870_2.png) [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/8 "2023-08-27T23:18:10Z")
Make batter for fish n chips. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/9 "2023-08-27T23:31:09Z")
Goes well with Gin over ice if you’re trying to avoid the carbs inherent in sweeter tonic water. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/10 "2023-08-28T01:34:15Z")
Club soda, lots of lemon, lots of ice, and salt is very refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/11 "2023-08-28T03:25:50Z")
Get wine stains off your sofa. (Makes pretty good pancake batter, too) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/12 "2023-08-28T04:02:26Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Goes well with Gin over ice if you’re trying to avoid the carbs inherent in sweeter tonic water. A few summers ago the liquor store was giving away a free sixpack of club soda with every purchase of Tanqueray gin. I thought this was strange and asked if they had tonic instead, but they did not. Years later, I still have the club soda. I fear that you are incorrect, my three-lettered friend, and the proof is in the inerrant Bible. I don’t remember exactly where, but, going from memory, I believe God’s Word goes something like this: “Thou shalt not bring Gin and also Soda, both together, into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for these two things together are an abomination to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God will drive them out before you. For the righteous will mix Gin only with Tonic, one with the other, and if the sweetness of Tonic offends thy tongue or thy diet, then verily, the Lord giveth unto you the bounty of Diet Tonic.” ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/13 "2023-08-28T04:22:57Z")
I use club soda to make my own soda with drink mix packs. I make make flavors not otherwise available in regular soda like raspberry, blackberry, melon, mango, etc… Or use some fresh (or bottled) lemon juice and your choice of sweetner for a sparkling lemonade. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/14 "2023-08-28T06:10:10Z")
Make waffles from boxed pancake mix, using club soda instead of water. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/15 "2023-08-28T07:40:12Z")
What does that do? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/16 "2023-08-28T10:53:35Z")
The come out lighter and crisper. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/17 "2023-08-28T11:28:17Z")
People say that about matzoh balls, too, but frankly I’m skeptical. The theory would seem to be that the gas in the soda water makes the end product lighter, but ISTM that in the process of cooking, the CO2 would be driven out, leaving only plain water. Therefore no different than starting with water in the first place. If anyone has done a double-blind taste test, please let me know the results. You know, fighting ignorance, and all that. My suggestion: mix the soda water about 50/50 with orange juice. Fizzy orange juice, very refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/18 "2023-08-28T13:26:57Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > The theory would seem to be that the gas in the soda water makes the end product lighter, but ISTM that in the process of cooking, the CO2 would be driven out, leaving only plain water. The fizz acts as a leavener. It doesn’t have to remain in the end product any more than the CO2 created by yeast has to. If “the cooking process drives out the CO2 and so nothing happens” were true, we wouldn’t have bread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/19 "2023-08-28T13:37:05Z")
Yeast generates CO2 while the cooking/baking is in progress. The CO2 is just dissolved in soda water, and I would expect most of it to dissipate pretty quickly, without having much effect. But I’m not claiming any expertise on this. As I’ve said, I’m just skeptical that it’s kind of a folk tale base on dubious assumptions. But if there’s some real science or demonstrated taste differences, I’m open to having my ignorance fought. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202/20 "2023-08-28T13:53:52Z")
Tequila, a squeeze of lime, and club soda. Whiskey and soda. Mojitos. Club soda with a squeeze of lemon. Club soda on its own. > [@nofloyd](#): > > Make batter for fish n chips. I use brown beer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-club-soda/989202.md?page=2)