Homemade Root Beer

Carbonated with yeast.

Making delicious homemade root beer with The Big H Homemade Root Beer Extract and carbonating it with yeast is as easy as A B C D E F.

1. Add sugar and The Big H Root Beer Extract to warm water and mix thoroughly in an food-safe container.
2. Add baker's yeast to warm water and mix thoroughly in a small bowl.
3. Add the contents of # B to # A and mix thoroughly to make root beer mixture.
4. Pour root beer mixture equally into clean bottles leaving an inch of head space in the bottles.
5. Cap the bottles and place them side down on a towel at room temperature for 4 days.
6. After 4 days, place the bottles upright in the refrigerator and keep them there until they are used.

* (Recipe and process in part courtesy of Phyllis Fields.)

To make one gallon poured equally into bottles:

• 4 quarts (16 cups) warm water
• 2 1/2 cups (1 1/4 pounds) sugar
• 2 tablespoons (1/4 bottle) The Big H Root Beer Extract
• 1/8 teaspoon yeast mixed with 1/4 cup warm water

To make two gallons poured equally into bottles:

• 8 quarts (32 cups) warm water
• 5 cups (2 1/2 pounds) sugar
• 1/4 cup (1/2 bottle) The Big H Root Beer Extract
• 1/4 teaspoon yeast mixed with 1/3 cup warm water

To make four gallons poured equally into bottles:

• 16 quarts (64 cups) warm water
• 10 cups (5 pounds) sugar
• 1/2 cup (one bottle) The Big H Root Beer Extract
• 1/2 teaspoon yeast mixed with 1/2 cup warm water