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Root beer is tricky. True root beer is made with sassafras root, which is not only hard to find outside its growing region but also cannot be sold commercially. Sassafras contains a chemical, safrole, which was found to cause cancer in lab rats if consumed in large enough quantities and was subsequently banned by the FDA. You’d have to drink root beer like water to be at risk, but still. Bummer. I tried many different combinations of herbs, barks, roots, and spices to mimic an all-natural root beer at home, but at the end of the day, you really need that sassafras root. Therefore, this is one recipe where I endorse the use of syrup to get the flavor just right. I particularly like Fermentap #1 Root Beer Syrup, but any you find will make a fine soda. Since different syrups can vary in sweetness, use less sugar to start and add more to taste.
2 cups water, plus more to fill the bottles
½ to 1 cup packed / 4 to 8 ounces dark brown sugar
2½ teaspoons root beer extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup / 1⅓ ounces raisins, coarsely chopped
1 star anise
Pinch of salt
⅛ teaspoon dry champagne yeast
1 • Bring the water to a simmer and remove from the heat. Add ½ cup of the brown sugar, the root beer extract, vanilla, raisins, star anise, and salt, stirring to dissolve the brown sugar. Let stand until cool.
2 • Strain the root beer syrup into a bowl and pour into a clean 2-liter bottle using a funnel. Top off the bottle with water, leaving at least 1 inch of headspace. Give it a taste and add more brown sugar, if desired. The extra sugar will dissolve on its own.
3 • Add the yeast. Screw on the cap and shake the bottle to dissolve and distribute the yeast. Let the bottle sit at room temperature out of direct sunlight until carbonated, typically 12 to 48 hours, depending on the temperature of the room. Check the bottle periodically; when it feels rock solid with very little give, it’s ready.
4 • Refrigerate overnight or for up to 2 weeks. Open very slowly over a sink to release the pressure gradually and avoid bubble-ups

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Habadashery said:

REAL rootbeer is almost always alcoholic.  In the 1-3% range typically.  Making real rootbeer is illegal today in america, because our loving government doesn't want us using real sassafras(because it contains a precursor used in the manufacturing of MDMA).

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tito123 said:

Everyone's been buying this stuff up and it's hard to find in an any of the gas stations around here.

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CHeifM4sterDiezL said:

$10 a six pack look out this guys a baller guys drinkin fake root beer OMG

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burningstar06 said:

Oh man I had that stuff the other night.It's really good you can't barely taste any alcohol in it it tastes just like root beer sorta like the one you get at cracker barrel in the bottle I.can't remember the brand. I hate beer and the taste but this goes down just like a soda best alcoholic beverage I've ever had

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LogicaL Chaos said:

Haha.

The Chi4f is not pleased guys.

Well, seems like most people like and some hate it with a passion. Cant wait to buy my $10 six pack for my rootbeer: the beer experience.

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