Search results

Well the guy is harvesting it as it is ordered. It says so on his ebay listing (dug on the day of shipping it says), and the roots I got definitely had that "just dug up" look to them. I would have ordered from Herbco, but the guy was selling 2 pounds of roots for $15 with free shipping...

I did buy my sassafras online, but the guy digs it up fresh. If I order it in the summer, it will be dug up in the summer. Where do you order it that you know it will be dug up in the winter?

Just tasted my second batch of root beer, and it tasted just like my last one... Like feet. The only thing I can think of that I did wrong this time was I used sassafras that was dug up in the summer. I guess I'll have to wait until the winter... Crap. Do you just hoard sassafras in the...

Actually, I think it does help me. You reminded me I need to sanitize my pot too, so I can just pour that into my bottles. Thanks.

@Crazy8- how much starsan would you use for a 16.9oz bottle? If I need 1oz per 5gal, then I need 0.025oz, or 0.15tsp (or less than 1/4tsp). Do I just measure half way of a 1/4tsp per bottle and fill the rest with water? It seems like it would be hard to get a spray bottle to coat the inside of...

Only the left bottle contained gelatin. It's a comparison between the non-gelatin bottle and the gelatin bottle, both of which have been in a ~35*F fridge for a week at the time those pics were taken. I definitely used it at full strength. I probably used way too much actually. What I did was I...

So it's been a week since I put the gelatin in a bottle and it certainly has gotten clearer, but it can't compete with a filter. Also, there is so much crap resting at the bottom, as soon as I moved the bottle, it started spreading and put chunks of it into the root beer. The color difference...

Just keep in mind, you are making this to your own tastes. People have different recipes for a reason, because they all give different tastes. You can come up with whatever taste attributes you like, there are no rules for how root beer has to taste.

Yeah. I added the yeast to the pot in my batch, and it carbed all the bottles pretty evenly, but I guess I just got lucky. On my next batch I'll add it to the bottles instead. I'm guessing you just put the yeast in and shake the bottles for a few seconds? How long should it take to be sure it...

You put the yeast in after bottling? Wouldn't it be easier to put the yeast in the pot right before bottling so you can measure accurately and have a consistent amount of yeast in each bottle? Do you still use the same method of brewing root beer as you mentioned in this thread? There you say...

I did let it ferment for 2 days before it went in the fridge. That's how long it took to carbonate. I'll keep trying to make root beer, one or two (or 5) failed attempts isn't going to deter me from this. I need my root beer lol!!! I'm getting the 16oz starsan bottle. I only plan on doing 1gal...

I tried the recipe you posted on the first page, though I cut it in half, added one whole star anise, and accidentally didn't half the nutmeg (so I added twice the nutmeg I was supposed to). Overall, I'll call it a failed batch because it barely resembles root beer, but it is just barely...

What I'm betting on is that that it only releases a small portion of its carbonation, because once you release the pressure, there is still all that leftover carbonation still in the soda that makes up the fizz. I could be completely wrong, but that's why I'm only doing it to one bottle, and if...

I'm going to try adding a little gelatin to my root beer right before I stick it in the fridge, but after it carbonates when I try making it in a few days. Hopefully it will recarbonate well when I release the pressure to add the gelatin. My yeast should get here thursday, and I already emptied...

I'm also wondering if you can just scale directly if I wanted to make 1gal instead of 2. Anyone know if I can just cut the recipe in half, or are there only some ingredients that scale like that? I got that same sassafras root, though I got the unwashed stuff so it was only $15 for me. Took a...

I have never brewed anything before, and I'm a complete newbie at all of this. My main reason for joining is because I have some questions regarding making root beer. I can't live without root beer, and constantly buying the store bought stuff is getting old, and is pretty unhealthy. This...