KingPin
Well-Known Member
So I took the leap and did my first root beer keg.
5 gallons of Royal Root Beer extract, plain white sugar, and water. Heated up water and sugar on the stove to dissolve the sugar; added extract and sugar to tank and more water..... hit it at 35PSI for nearly a week in the cold storage room. It took some shaking and rocking but it eventually got carbonated.
I have to admit that I'm not a fan of the flavor of Royal extracts. However, in my neck of the woods in Canada its about all I can find; shipping on anything else from amazon or whatever is just ridiculous.
The soda was a hit with the kids. I left it in the cold storage room with a picnic tap attached to 20 feet of 3/16th line. If you press the tap down all the way you got a good stream, anything less you would get foam (good to know if you want to add head).
I would do it this way again in a heartbeat but with a different flavor or extract.
Let me know if you want more detail....I'll drum up what I can.
5 gallons of Royal Root Beer extract, plain white sugar, and water. Heated up water and sugar on the stove to dissolve the sugar; added extract and sugar to tank and more water..... hit it at 35PSI for nearly a week in the cold storage room. It took some shaking and rocking but it eventually got carbonated.
I have to admit that I'm not a fan of the flavor of Royal extracts. However, in my neck of the woods in Canada its about all I can find; shipping on anything else from amazon or whatever is just ridiculous.
The soda was a hit with the kids. I left it in the cold storage room with a picnic tap attached to 20 feet of 3/16th line. If you press the tap down all the way you got a good stream, anything less you would get foam (good to know if you want to add head).
I would do it this way again in a heartbeat but with a different flavor or extract.
Let me know if you want more detail....I'll drum up what I can.