Now, I know most of us brew beer, but I'm hoping someone on here brews rootbeer also. My mother is a huge rootbeer fan, and I'd like to make her a keg of it for her birthday party coming up. I've used the classic recipe of 1cup sugar, water, yeast, and extract. She's not a huge fan of this because of
A. the yeasty off flavors, and
B. she actually claims to taste the .25% alcohol.
C. The flavor doesn't have as much "zing" as she likes
She's not a drinker, so I'd like to keg this and avoid using yeast.
So...I'm looking for a different recipes, maybe some secret ingredients that make it better than the "science project" above. I can't see to find anything other than that basic recipe on the internet. Any input?
Root Beer recipe?
- Suthrncomfrt1884
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Root Beer recipe?
Primary - Belgian Dubbel, Belgian IPA
Secondary - Cherry Lambic
Bottled - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Porter, Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Imperial Nut Brown, Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/Homegrown Hops, Breakfast Stout
Kegged - Bass Clone, ESB
Secondary - Cherry Lambic
Bottled - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Porter, Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Imperial Nut Brown, Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/Homegrown Hops, Breakfast Stout
Kegged - Bass Clone, ESB
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I don't think there is an "all-grain" version that's attainable. I've heard some companies mix different barks together like Acacia and cherry tree. The problem is that the FDA banned sassafras, so good luck getting ahold of it.
Primary - Belgian Dubbel, Belgian IPA
Secondary - Cherry Lambic
Bottled - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Porter, Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Imperial Nut Brown, Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/Homegrown Hops, Breakfast Stout
Kegged - Bass Clone, ESB
Secondary - Cherry Lambic
Bottled - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Porter, Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Imperial Nut Brown, Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/Homegrown Hops, Breakfast Stout
Kegged - Bass Clone, ESB
I was doing some looking into a scratch root beer recipe a while ago and found this one that sounded good.
http://www.greydragon.org/library/brewi ... _beer.html
and this is an other one one that seems ok.
http://forevermore.net/rants/Food-Rants ... ecipe.html
I can not say that I have tried any of them out yet. Maybe if you have some luck you can share the final recipe with us. Good Luck
http://www.greydragon.org/library/brewi ... _beer.html
and this is an other one one that seems ok.
http://forevermore.net/rants/Food-Rants ... ecipe.html
I can not say that I have tried any of them out yet. Maybe if you have some luck you can share the final recipe with us. Good Luck
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That second link looked pretty good. If I can find sassafras root anywhere around town I'll be brewing a keg of that. I'll post any details when I'm finished.
Primary - Belgian Dubbel, Belgian IPA
Secondary - Cherry Lambic
Bottled - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Porter, Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Imperial Nut Brown, Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/Homegrown Hops, Breakfast Stout
Kegged - Bass Clone, ESB
Secondary - Cherry Lambic
Bottled - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Porter, Double Chocolate Raspberry Stout, Imperial Nut Brown, Apfelwein, American Amber Ale w/Homegrown Hops, Breakfast Stout
Kegged - Bass Clone, ESB
Well see what happens when you have to wait for people that are no on time. Suthrncomfrt I was waiting for a repair guy this morning and found a site for herds that has every thing you needed for you root beer. check out this link.
http://www.starwest-botanicals.com/
Just it search for what you need. I does have the sarsparilla root and sassafras root bark and tons of out things.
Good Luck
http://www.starwest-botanicals.com/
Just it search for what you need. I does have the sarsparilla root and sassafras root bark and tons of out things.
Good Luck
Beer is to Men as Water is to Fish!