I have made two kits from mr Rootbeer. This one gallon batch i am making as a wine. The non alc version is good, the kids like it better than store bought. I am using the basic recipe and ingredients as the kit, but with additions of pectic, nutrient, ec-1118 yeast, 2# white sugar and .5# brown sugar, .5 # white raisins. I have also added maltodextrin. It smells good, hoping for something drinkable. I have a soda stream i was going to try and carbonate it with.
I have a buddy who used to make root beer two litres at a time, using an extract bottle sold by many LHBSes. It was pretty good. He's half a country away now (I moved twice), and I don't know if he's still doing it.
Here's a link that I found to the product.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/root-beer-extract.html
BTW, not a recommendation for or against this retailer, just the first link that I found that worked.
Steve
Have you tried their other flavours? Birch beer, spruce beer, sasparilla (if I recall correctly. If so, which did you prefer?I made root beer with this extract and it's not that bad. It has a heavier wintergreen flavor but other than that, I would make it again.
Have you tried their other flavours? Birch beer, spruce beer, sasparilla (if I recall correctly. If so, which did you prefer?
Steve
the talk of rootbeer reminded me i've got a 4 pack of this hidden away in the basement i'm going to have to dig out
http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/hrb.php
Wow,, never saw hard root beer before. I imagine that it just ferments longer? I have some extract and am thinking I should try it.
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