Help with Sugar free root beer

[mj1angier]

Little help here please:
Trying to keg a root beer for my cousin. He can't have alcohol due to meds he takes so I plan to force carb it and do a cobra tap. I used 1 small bottle of the zaterans root beer extract and about 3 cups Splenda in a 1.6 gal keg. It is carbing now but so far it feels teal thin in the mouth. The taste is good and sweet ( maybe a hair too sweet).

What is the best way to add body to a root beer?

 

[KingPin]

Hey! I had the same question....There is something you can add that adds some mouth feel - check out maltodextrin. While I haven't used it myself it has been recommended by others.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/how-do-you-make-root-beer-creamier.174392/
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homeb...in-s-root-beer-non-alcoholic-keg-instructions

good luck.

 

[mj1angier]

Thanks, I think I will un-keg this and add the maltodextrin

 

[WhiteSoxRob]

If that doesn't do the trick, or if the stevia flavor isn't to your liking, look at monk fruit extract as an alternative. Some brands of sugar-free sodas, such as Zevia, use monk fruit extract. I ordered a bag of the white variety and a bag of the brown variety from amazon to do some testing with.

 

[mj1angier]

The first batch turned out ok, not great.

The 2nd batch I use Big H, Homestyle Root Beer extract No.1. I use 8 cups Splenda and 1 cup maltodextrin and enough water to make 5 gals. This one came out really good and better mouth feel. Might bump up the maltodextrin to 1.5 cups next time