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Chuck's Homemade Ozark Rootbeer (15 Gal Recipe)
Chuck's Homemade Ozark Rootbeer (15 Gal Recipe)
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Beverages, Brewing
Ingredients List
- 2 oz Birch Beer Extract
- 10 oz Root Beer Extract
- 1 lb Honey
- 1 c Blackstrap Molasses
- 1 c Grade B Maple Syrup
- 1 Gal Sugar (approx 8 lb)
- -Directions:
Directions
Mix all ingredients in a keg, add water to fill keg, carbonate, drink. Some
comments regarding the recipe:
I thought the molasses taste was a bit harsh, I will try regular molasses
next time and perhaps use a little less as well.
I will try substituting 2 oz of sasparilla extract for 2 oz of the rootbeer
extract.
In any case, you can mix the ingredients to your taste.
This recipe produces a strong tasting rootbeer with about half the
sweetness of most commercial rootbeers (warning: you will want to clean
your draft lines after dispensing this root beer, it leaves a flavor
behind). It was extremely popular with the underage college crowd because
the rootbeer was served just like draft beer.
You can obtain the extracts in 2 oz bottles at most homebrewing shops. In
addition, you can buy bulk extracts through restaurant suppliers, the one
brand I know of is 'Universal'.
While I artifically carbonated my rootbeer (for both legal & practical
reasons) you could ferment it to get carbonation. There was an alcoholic
rootbeer at the Great American Beer Festival, I talked with the brewmaster
who made it, and it is similar to my recipe, but with the addition of a
substantial amount of malt extract to increase the fermentables. His
rootbeer was in the 6% alcohol by weight range, and tasted very good on
it's own, but didn't go well with drinking lots of regular beer.
* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by FAYLEN
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comments regarding the recipe:
I thought the molasses taste was a bit harsh, I will try regular molasses
next time and perhaps use a little less as well.
I will try substituting 2 oz of sasparilla extract for 2 oz of the rootbeer
extract.
In any case, you can mix the ingredients to your taste.
This recipe produces a strong tasting rootbeer with about half the
sweetness of most commercial rootbeers (warning: you will want to clean
your draft lines after dispensing this root beer, it leaves a flavor
behind). It was extremely popular with the underage college crowd because
the rootbeer was served just like draft beer.
You can obtain the extracts in 2 oz bottles at most homebrewing shops. In
addition, you can buy bulk extracts through restaurant suppliers, the one
brand I know of is 'Universal'.
While I artifically carbonated my rootbeer (for both legal & practical
reasons) you could ferment it to get carbonation. There was an alcoholic
rootbeer at the Great American Beer Festival, I talked with the brewmaster
who made it, and it is similar to my recipe, but with the addition of a
substantial amount of malt extract to increase the fermentables. His
rootbeer was in the 6% alcohol by weight range, and tasted very good on
it's own, but didn't go well with drinking lots of regular beer.
* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by FAYLEN
9
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