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Post by Okwes on Aug 21, 2006 11:06:33 GMT -5
Root Beer
1 teaspoon dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water 2 cups granulated sugar 1 quart hot water 4 teaspoon root beer extract
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Dissolve sugar in 1 quart hot water. Mix together dissolved yeast, sugar and root beer extract in gallon jar. Fill jar with warm water and stir until all ingredients are well combined. Cover jar. Set in warm sun for four hours. The root beer will be ready to drink the next day. Chill before serving.
Makes 1 gallon root beer
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Post by Okwes on Aug 21, 2006 11:10:54 GMT -5
Root Beer Classification: root beer, soda Source: Bob Gorman (semantic!bob@uunet.UU.NET) Issue #685, 7/23/91 Recipes from Early American Life, August 1975, Pg 12, titled "Making Your Own Soda Pop", by Caroline Kitchen Riddle. Ingredients: (for 2-1/4 gallons) 2 gallons of water 1 1/2 cups, honey 3 tablespoons, ground sarsaparilla 1 tablespoon, sassafras 1 heaping tablespoon, hops 1/4 teaspoon, ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon, wintergreen extract (Almost all natural) 1/4 teaspoon, yeast Procedure: Place the sarsaparilla, sassafras, hops, and coriander into an enameled or stainless steel pan. Cover them with water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and allow them to just barely simmer for 12 hours, making sure the water does not all evaporate. Strain out the solids and add the liquid to 2 gallons of water that has been boiled and cooled to lukewarm. Stir in the honey, wintergreen extract, and the yeast dissolved in 2/3 cup warm water. Stir the mixture thoroughly and allow it to mellow for several hours. You can then siphon off the root beer into a clean container before bottling, or fill the bottles immediately. Makes about two dozen 12-ounce bottles.
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