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Oh my gosh it was delicious. The extract is phenomenal. I can only guess it was that funky ale yeast. The champagne yeast worked like a charm.

Stinky like trash, or something dirty. Not necessarily musty, just stinks like garbage. I threw them out so I can't go re-smell them. It was much worse in the after taste then smelling the soda itself but I have a feeling that's because the zataran's extract is VERY STRONG rootbeer. If you have...

Def not sour. Repellingly stinky. It didnt effect the flavor, just a stinky smell. I just got done with another soda that I used the champagne yeast in and it turned out great. I dont know whether or not to throw away that ale yeast.

Hey guys, I made rootbeer from a zataran's extract which smells absolutely excellent. I used an ale yeast from my local home brew supply. The website I bought it from suggested champagne yeast but I went with my book (that old famous root beers, pops, and sodas book) and used ale yeast. We...