Old fashioned homebrew sodas. This 2 oz. bottle makes four gallons of Root Beer soda. Just add water, sugar, and yeast. This four gallon recipe requires 5# of sugar, you can find that here. You can use 8oz Malto Dextrin to add body to your soda, you can find that here. For extra flavor, you can add 1# of honey to your soda, you can find that here. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook for 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat, cover, and let steep for 2 hours. Strain liquid through fine mesh strainer lined with cheesecloth into large pot. Add remaining 2 quarts water along with the brown sugar and molasses. Stir until mixture is integrated, then cover. If you do not have a thermometer, the water should be warm to the touch. 3.2 Using a measuring cup, pour out 1 cup and discard, then pour another cup into the cereal bowl. 3.3 Add 1/4 teaspoon of Root Beer Yeast and stir gently, then set aside. 3.4 Pour 1/2 of the remaining warm water into your mixing bowl (no need to be exact). 1 package (1/4 ounce/7 g) dry active yeast 1 cup pre-boiled water, (cooled to 85° to 95°F) INSTRUCTIONS 1 Clean and sanitize all bottling equipment according to information below. Shake Root Beer Concentrate well. Mix with sugar in a large container. (DO NOT USE ALUMINUM). Stir in spring water. 2 Dissolve yeast in 1 cup pre-boiled water. Let cool to 75°F, then stir in yeast and let sit for 15 minutes. Pour the mixture into empty plastic bottles, leaving about 2 inches of space on top. Screw on caps. Keep the bottles at room temperature for 36 hours, then open a bottle to see if it is carbonated enough. If not, reseal the bottle and let rest for another 12 to 24 hours until Old fashioned homebrew sodas. This 2 oz. bottle makes four gallons of Root Beer soda. Just add water, sugar, and yeast. This four gallon recipe requires 5# of sugar, you can find that here. You can use 8oz Malto Dextrin to add body to your soda, you can find that here. For extra flavor, you can add 1# of honey to your soda, you can find that here. There are three basic steps to making homemade root beer. First, you'll start by making an herbal decoction by simmering the herbs in water until they release their aromatic compounds and other constituents. Then you'll sweeten the brew and add a starter culture so that it ferments. Lastly, you'll bottle the root beer and let it culture. Brew Your Own Old Fashioned, Alcoholic Root Beer Naturally. The first all natural Root Beer home brew kit in 200 years! Craft a gallon of your own soda. Perfect with ice cream or cocktails. Created by. Ryan and Melanie Belshee. Ryan and Melanie Belshee. 95 backers pledged $11,719 to help bring this project to life. Instructions In a large container add the cold water, sugar, and root beer extract. Mix together until sugar starts to dissolve. Add the dry ice to the mixture and stir frequently to prevent the dry ice from clumping. Continue to stir until the dry ice has dissolved. Notes Pour 8 quarts boiling water over root mixture and boil slowly 20 minutes. 4. Strain through flannel bag. 5. Add sugar and remaining 8 quarts water. 6. Allow to stand until lukewarm. 7. Dissolve yeast in a little cool water. Homebrewed soda is very easy to make. Just mix with water and sugar, add champagne yeast (Red Star Premier Blanc or Lalvin EC-1118, and bottle into PET plastic soda bottles. Allow to sit in cool dark place for at lea