Hey all,
I have tried to make rootbeer twice now. The first time (several years ago) my bottles exploded in my closet.. Yup, one after another at about 3:30 in the morning.. 48 of them... Glass and rootbeer all over my clothes.. It sucked.. It soured me on soda making for many years.. Flash forward to 3 months ago.. I tried again... This time, I was smart and put the bottles out of danger. After 4 days,I cracked one and got a rootbeer fountain that damn near hit the ceiling...
I use brand extract and have follwed the instructions to the letter both times.
For a one gallon batch:
1 tbs extract
2 cups sugar
1/8 tsp ale yeast (coopers) in 8oz warm water
Mixed it all up in a jog, poured it out into bottles (leaving plenty of headspace) and capped them up.. They sit at room temp (68-70)..
So why are they gushers? Too much yeast? Too warm?
I am asking because I made another 1 gallon batch today andI want to try todo it right his time.. The recipe I used today was the same except I cut the sugar back 1.5 cups instead of 2..
I have tried to make rootbeer twice now. The first time (several years ago) my bottles exploded in my closet.. Yup, one after another at about 3:30 in the morning.. 48 of them... Glass and rootbeer all over my clothes.. It sucked.. It soured me on soda making for many years.. Flash forward to 3 months ago.. I tried again... This time, I was smart and put the bottles out of danger. After 4 days,I cracked one and got a rootbeer fountain that damn near hit the ceiling...
I use brand extract and have follwed the instructions to the letter both times.
For a one gallon batch:
1 tbs extract
2 cups sugar
1/8 tsp ale yeast (coopers) in 8oz warm water
Mixed it all up in a jog, poured it out into bottles (leaving plenty of headspace) and capped them up.. They sit at room temp (68-70)..
So why are they gushers? Too much yeast? Too warm?
I am asking because I made another 1 gallon batch today andI want to try todo it right his time.. The recipe I used today was the same except I cut the sugar back 1.5 cups instead of 2..