Okay so at the request of my wife for a beer she could enjoy as she doesn't like the taste of beer I stumbled onto not your father's root beer. Gave her a bottle and told her to try it with an open mind..... she liked it and I got the go ahead to try to make this stuff.... these are the things I have done so far.... Coopers wheat beer extract was my base. I added 2lbs of brown sugar a 2oz bottle of vanilla extract 4lbs of White sugar and half a bottle of maple syrup brought everything to a boil and added it to my fermenter. Let it cool to about 70 degrees and pitched in the yeast that came with the cooper's extract. ... I'll let it ferment for 3 weeks or so... the plan is to add root beer extract to my bottling bucket and maybe some more vanilla if it's needed when I bottle it.... 2 weeks of bottle conditioning and hopefully I'll have something we can enjoy together. ... I'll keep you posted on how its going once I'm done...
Pour a glass of root beer, add a shot of vodka.
A little more involved than most recipes, but is pretty close.
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