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I did this my first time too!!!

Do you boil in the alcohol or water?

So is it better to boil or infuse with age? Which ones are which? This is the problem I am coming across in my research, and I want someone who has made their own vanilla extract, or cinnamon extract to advise in better prep.

My husband and I are SxE, we started making our own sodas because its easier and more fun, if you can't find anything at your grocers, find a local brew store and pick up some soda syrup and seltzer water. Make your own, we got a good recipe for some easy made root beer, and tweek with it! "We...

I would be worried of floaters and settlement from the spices.

this is definitely on the list of things to make.

I want the recipe you used originally please that sounds amazing!!!!

I dont believe so, we went to a home brewers looking for DME, dude there said ground malt (real malt grain) is much tastier than DME and also adds the head and body with out the chemicals. We steeped about 1/2 a pound on water (heated to 160 degrees for 30 min) and used it in place of water in...

Do you boil the essences or wait 2-3 months for better flavor? I have heard of it done both ways, but haven't heard of either one being better than the other.

We have been experimenting with new formulas for a syrup to add to carb'd water, our most recent was steep 1/2 lb of ground malt in 2 cups water, add 2 tbsp rootbeer extract, 2 cups turbanado sugar, 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp black walnut extract, 1 tsp butterscotch extract. We...

Working on improving our root beer recipe but I don't want to spend a lot of money on the extracts. Any advise on making my own? I know that vodka is best for making them but which one (I don't drink alcohol so I don't know the differences) I should get. What about storage on them and such.

We were thinking of the tincture method, finding the right alcohol for it is the first step. We've heard absolut vodka is best for tincture making, now it's what to use (whole spices or ground) and weather cheese cloth is ideal for creation. If you have made some similar style root beers your...

This is on my list of things to try!

My husband I have started home brewing root beer, using extracts and both yeasts and carbonated water. We are still tweaking the flavors to our satisfaction but have come to nearly a perfect flavor. But we now want to branch out in flavors and try new and different extracts to make different...