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  1. Crazy8

    Filtering

    Now with some of the things you have mentioned you have sparked a few more questions. :) I have seen priming sugars at my local brew shop. What exactly is priming sugar nd would it be better than regular sugar that I currently use in my brew? What does it mean to "condition" and is it something...
  2. Crazy8

    Advice needed for soda making w/ yeast

    Based on my experience and what I have learned, I hope I might be able to help you a little bit in understanding yeast and soda making. Now I have been making root beer for the last few weeks but I have been making A LOT of it and doing a lot of experiemnting. Based on my findings, more...
  3. Crazy8

    Filtering

    I was wondering what my options may be in reagrds to filtering. I notice that I end up with some real fine particles at the bottom of my bottles even after straing my brew through a fine mesh funnel. I have experimented with paper coffee filters but this takes way to long just to do one bottle...
  4. Crazy8

    On The Hunt For Root Beer

    Thank you very much for that info. This could be something else for me to try. I love this experiemntation stuff. Once I fond "the one" recipe that really ends up being everything we want, thats going to be exciting.
  5. Crazy8

    On The Hunt For Root Beer

    Instructions: 1. In a large deep pot, put in 4 quarts of water. 2. While water is heating up, place all ingredients into pot except brown sugar. 3. Let boil for 30 minutes. 4. Add brown sugar toward end of boiling time 5. Add the remaining 4 quarts of water. Turn off heat and let steep to...
  6. Crazy8

    On The Hunt For Root Beer

    Thank you very much for all this info, there is a lot here to think about. Now that you mention it, I would like to improve the mouthfeel a litte, so I will be sure to get some malt-dextrine. I can talk to one of the fine guys at Brew and Grow here in MN and see what they recommend as far as...
  7. Crazy8

    On The Hunt For Root Beer

    Here is the requested recipe... Ingredients: 8 Qts. Water 24 oz. Honey 3 Star Anise 1/4 tsp. Salt 1/4 cp. Sarsaparilla 1/4 cp. Sassafras 1 1/2 cp. Brown Sugar 2 Vanilla Bean (Split and scraped) 2...
  8. Crazy8

    On The Hunt For Root Beer

    actually, its not like that at all. The only reason I didn't post up the details of the recipe was because I did not have access to it at the time and thought I could just show a general idea of what I was working with. Im also missing were I said I didn't want to share it, but whatever. If you...
  9. Crazy8

    On The Hunt For Root Beer

    Do you ever get to a point in a recipe, cooking food or otherwsie, and think "this is good but its's still missing something." then have no clue what that "something" is thatwill finish it off perefectly? See I have been drinking this recipe and I do like it, but its not compete yet. My wife and...
  10. Crazy8

    On The Hunt For Root Beer

    As you can see this is my first post here. I have been doing some reading on this forum and belong to a root beer forum. In addition to those resources, I have also been doing a bit of research. I am currently on my 3rd batch of root beer and one of them being a failure. I am realy wanting to...
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