Homemade Root Beer

Homemade Root Beer

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Complex and delicious, old-fashioned, home-brewed root beer is rich in spice and molasses.

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  • Bottle capper
  • Kitchen scale
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Funnel
  • Stockpot
  • Pot
  • Bottle
  • Dishwasher
  • Stove
  • Refrigerator
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Long-handled spoon
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon

Ingredients

  • 1⁄2 oz. dried birch bark*
  • 1⁄2 oz. dried sarsaparilla root*
  • 1⁄2 oz. dried sassafras root bark*
  • 1⁄4 oz. dried licorice root*
  • 1 2-in. piece of fresh ginger, thinly sliced
  • 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved
  • 4 cups molasses (not blackstrap)
  • 1⁄4 tsp. active dry yeast

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