Recipe of Root Beer - Food Recipes

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Title: Root Beer
Categories : Polkadot, Faylen, Beverages, Brewing
Serving size: 1 Gallon 5 qt Water 1/2 oz Burdock root, dried 1/2 oz Sarsaparilla root, dried 1/2 oz Spikenard root, dried 1/8 ts Yeast, granulated 1/4 oz Hops 1/2 oz Yellow dock root, dried 1/2 oz Sassafras root, dried 1 1/2 c Sugar Simmer herbs in water for 30 minutes. Add sugar, stir to dissolve, and strain into a crock. Cool to lukewarm, add yeast, and stir well. Cover crock and leave to ferment for about an hour. Bottle as described in Soft Drink Tips and store in a cool place. Makes about one gallon. *** Notes included with the recipe: "Root beer extracts, usually in an amount suitable for five gallons of beverage, are available from Hires, Schilling, and other herb and spice purveyors. These yield a drink that's very close in flavor to commercial root beers. Making your own infusions, however, allows for experimentation and a distinctive 'house' brew. Ours is less sweet than most." Source: The Herb Companion, Aug/Sept 1990. * The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-362 Posted by FAYLEN