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Maltodextrin. I believe it is slightly fermentble, so add it at the beginning and ferment with it. But it is mostly unfermentable and gives a body addition. No sweetness though. Some people have luck with artificail sweeteners. Personally I don't like them and will not use them, but they...

I tried Summer, loved it. Carbing my second batch now.

I have to agree with wepeeler. Check the acids, If you are following a Saaz recipe withother hops, saaz is very low in acid. While neither Hallertau or Tettnanger are high alpha, both are usually higher than Saaz

Might be something to the lactose theory. Just saw an instruction sheet for a knockoff kit that added the pound of lactose at 15 minute late addition, and used "artificial sweetener" after ferment. mind you this is for a 5 gallon batch, so the lactose is fairly light. It also used Gnome...

And what is settling out? The cola picture looks like heavy particulate. Is it particulate on the bottom, or an oil on the top? Personally I am lactose intolerant, so I am avoiding it either way. I still intend to try Gum Arabic, but I have to clear the yeast completely to use sugar for...

Wow, that was fast. I still intend to try testing myself, just have to get some things in. I won't be that fast though, I will be using sugar for sweetening, so I have to kill the yeast thoroughly. How much Lorann oil did you use, I thought that was for pretty small quantities.... I was...

Not really sure about the particulate. I was thinking about it and a lot of these concentrates and extracts are commonly used for bottle conditioning. Last batch of plain Root Beer I did had a fair amount of yeast particulate settled out, but no separation. Now, I suppose there is a...

I was considering filtering to get rid of the solids, if I lose a bit of the delicate flavors it won't matter once the concentrate is dumped in. but I wouldn't mind something to help keep it in suspension. I am going to wander down the beverage isle at the supermarket and start reading...

Well, the root beer mix doesn't seem to separate in pure water, so the alcohol must throw off the balance. I seems what we are missing is an effective emulsifier. I looked around and I see names like lecithin, sorbitan stearate and stearyl tartrate. Unfortunately I have no Idea how to use...