Root Beer and Ginger Beer Recipes
Root Beer Recipe
Ingredients:
2 gallons water
1 1/2 cups honey
3 tablespoons ground sarsaparilla
1 tablespoon sassafras
1 heaping tablespoon hops
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon wintergreen extract (Almost all natural)
1/4 teaspoon yeast
Root Beer Making Process:
Place the sarsaparilla, sassafras, hops, and coriander into an enameled or stainless steel pan. Cover them with water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and allow them to just barely simmer for 12 hours, making sure the water does not all evaporate. Strain out the solids and add the liquid to 2 gallons of water that has been boiled and cooled to lukewarm. Stir in the honey, wintergreen extract, and the yeast dis- solved in 2/3 cup warm water. Stir the mixture thoroughly and allow it to mellow for several hours. You can then siphon off the root beer into a clean container before bottling, or fill the bottles immediately. Makes about two dozen 12-ounce bottles. (Source: Bob Gorman)
Ginger Beer Recipe
Ingredients:
1 gallon water
3-4 ounces fresh ginger
2 lemons
2 cups sugar (sucrose or brown sugar or both)
Yeast
Ginger Beer Brewing Process:
Peel the ginger and slice into 1/8 inch slices. Mix the water with the sugar and put in the ginger. Boil an hour or so. Slice the lemons, add to the boil, and boil for about 15 minutes. Allow to cool to room temp- erature. Add yeast. Let the yeast grow overnight. Bottle in very strong bottles. Let sit at room temperature for about 12 hours to carbonate. Put bottles in the fridge. Open very carefully. (Source: Eric Pepke)
Ginger Ale Recipe
Ingredients:
1 Gallon Water (for ale)
2 cups water (for making extract)
2 ounces Fresh Ginger root
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon yeast
Ginger Ale Making Process:
Slice the ginger into thin sections and add them to two cups of boiling water. Simmer this on very low heat for 20 minutes. While this is sim- mering, boil the gallon of water and two cups of sugar for one minute and set aside. Pour the pan with the ginger into a blender and blend on high for about one minute. Strain this extract into the sugar water. With a soup ladle, pour a few cups of the hot brew through the pulp to extract a bit more of the ginger flavor. Cool to room temperature. When cool, add vanilla. Add yeast, stir and let sit for about 30 minutes. Then bottle and age. (Source: Jack Schmidling)
Kvass Recipe
Ingredients:
1 pound Dry Black Bread
24 cups Boiling Water
1 1/2 pounds Sugar
2 ounces Fresh Compressed Yeast
1/2 cup Sultanas (yellow seedless raisins)
Kvass Making Process:
Put the bread into a large container and then add the boiling water. When the mixture is lukewarm squeeze the liquid from the bread very thoroughly, making sure that the bread itself does not come through because this clouds the drink. Add the sugar and yeast, mix, cover and leave for ten hours. Pour the drink into clean bottles, and three sultanas to each, put the corks and tie them down---then refrigerate immediately. (Source: John S. Watson)
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Ingredients:
Root Beer Making Process:
Place the sarsaparilla, sassafras, hops, and coriander into an enameled or stainless steel pan. Cover them with water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and allow them to just barely simmer for 12 hours, making sure the water does not all evaporate. Strain out the solids and add the liquid to 2 gallons of water that has been boiled and cooled to lukewarm. Stir in the honey, wintergreen extract, and the yeast dis- solved in 2/3 cup warm water. Stir the mixture thoroughly and allow it to mellow for several hours. You can then siphon off the root beer into a clean container before bottling, or fill the bottles immediately. Makes about two dozen 12-ounce bottles. (Source: Bob Gorman)
Ginger Beer Recipe
Ingredients:
Ginger Beer Brewing Process:
Peel the ginger and slice into 1/8 inch slices. Mix the water with the sugar and put in the ginger. Boil an hour or so. Slice the lemons, add to the boil, and boil for about 15 minutes. Allow to cool to room temp- erature. Add yeast. Let the yeast grow overnight. Bottle in very strong bottles. Let sit at room temperature for about 12 hours to carbonate. Put bottles in the fridge. Open very carefully. (Source: Eric Pepke)
Ginger Ale Recipe
Ingredients:
Ginger Ale Making Process:
Slice the ginger into thin sections and add them to two cups of boiling water. Simmer this on very low heat for 20 minutes. While this is sim- mering, boil the gallon of water and two cups of sugar for one minute and set aside. Pour the pan with the ginger into a blender and blend on high for about one minute. Strain this extract into the sugar water. With a soup ladle, pour a few cups of the hot brew through the pulp to extract a bit more of the ginger flavor. Cool to room temperature. When cool, add vanilla. Add yeast, stir and let sit for about 30 minutes. Then bottle and age. (Source: Jack Schmidling)
Kvass Recipe
Ingredients:
Kvass Making Process:
Put the bread into a large container and then add the boiling water. When the mixture is lukewarm squeeze the liquid from the bread very thoroughly, making sure that the bread itself does not come through because this clouds the drink. Add the sugar and yeast, mix, cover and leave for ten hours. Pour the drink into clean bottles, and three sultanas to each, put the corks and tie them down---then refrigerate immediately. (Source: John S. Watson)
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