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dirty Forum God/Goddess Posts: 1,322	root beer Mar 19, 2006 22:50:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dirty on Mar 19, 2006 22:50:30 GMT -5 bob did the extract come with a recipe or did you use the one on the website?

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root beer Mar 20, 2006 9:03:18 GMT -5

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there is a recipe on the extract bottle, but I used the one on the web site.

the bottles are as hard as a rock this morning. and they have alot more foam floating on top. I put them in the fridge to stop the fermintation. I noticed the longer they sat in the fridge the more clear they became and the sediment sat on the bottom better. after three days in the fridge I could pour off all but a swallow that was sediment, which i discarded.

I have some New York Vannila ice cream in the freezer .who is up for a root beer float ?

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bobclark Forum God/Goddess Posts: 903	root beer Mar 20, 2006 10:24:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bobclark on Mar 20, 2006 10:24:01 GMT -5 I have tasted the second batch, It is great. I think I have worked out all the bugs now my luck I will find out that Zaterands is a subsiderary to Coke or Pepsi Co.
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Kathy Administrator Posts: 12,048	root beer Mar 20, 2006 11:06:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kathy on Mar 20, 2006 11:06:56 GMT -5 I'm going to save a few bottles and give this a try!! ;D A homemade root beer float sounds heavenly-can you imagine how good it will be in July at 90 degrees??
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bobclark Forum God/Goddess Posts: 903	root beer Mar 20, 2006 11:21:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bobclark on Mar 20, 2006 11:21:25 GMT -5 if you or anyone else cant find the extract localy I will send you some of mine. if you buy a case it is $25.00. that would be too much if you didnt like it very much
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root beer Mar 21, 2006 17:34:14 GMT -5

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everything I have read says that you cant make diet or sugar free root beer, because the yeast needs sugar to make the Co2

how about a blend of sugar and artifical sweetners? I was thinking of trying it with 1/4 real sugar and 3/4 artifical

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root beer Mar 21, 2006 18:10:00 GMT -5

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Post by Kathy on Mar 21, 2006 18:10:00 GMT -5

Splenda has something called a Baking blend which is real sugar and Splenda.

Since I'm not supposed to have any sugared sodas, I was thinking of trying one batch using that combo.

Here's the link for the Splenda baking blend info-it sounds like it should feed the yeast but keep us from having quite so much sugar. ;D

Splenda Baking Blend

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bobclark Forum God/Goddess Posts: 903	root beer Mar 23, 2006 9:34:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bobclark on Mar 23, 2006 9:34:12 GMT -5 it just gets better and better. the longer it sitts in the fridge the better it tastes. and the better the sediment sits on the bottom it is better than any store bought pop I have ever had
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auntieemu Guest	root beer Mar 23, 2006 11:22:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by auntieemu on Mar 23, 2006 11:22:22 GMT -5 Bob, sounds like you have a new passion in your life. You will soon be known as that guy that lives in the woods with the rabbits and makes his own root beer. Be sure to tell 'em that carrots are the roots you use.

Kathy Administrator Posts: 12,048	root beer Mar 23, 2006 19:54:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kathy on Mar 23, 2006 19:54:20 GMT -5 Bob, now that you've tasted how good the root beer is-are you going to try gingerale??
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starfire Forum God/Goddess Posts: 4,965	root beer Mar 24, 2006 21:30:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by starfire on Mar 24, 2006 21:30:00 GMT -5 Bob-I don't even like root beer but with all this talk you make me want to drink a bottle. You'd make a good salesman.