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Here’s what I do. I force carbonate @ 35psi for 2-3 days. Bleed the pressure from the keg then serve @ 7-11 psi. One thing I’ve noticed is warm liquid doesn’t seem to carbonate. I don’t have a kegerator, so I put mine outside so it cools a bit. YMMV

You’re absolutely right. I offered to buy them over a year ago and he turned me down. Yesterday he was much more motivated to move them along.

I scored 3 kegs for free today!! Now I can finally branch out onto other soda flavors without worrying about everything tasting like root beer!

This is the yeast I use.

The best extract for force carbonating or dry ice root beer is Hires Big H. It isn’t cheap but it’s fail proof. You can get it on amazon or their website. It’s cheaper on amazon unless you buy 3+ bottles at a time. Zatarains is good if you yeast carbonate for a few days then let it set for about...

Sorry you had such terrible results. I haven’t made root beer from raw ingredients yet. But I haven’t had these problems before when using extracts.

I’m waiting on nins and peedles! Curious to see if there is a change of flavor post pasteurization.

What kind of yeast are you using?

What issues have you been having with yeast?

My local grocery stores like Safeway have it.

Interesting. Dry ice is $2.49/lb locally.

Dry ice has long been a favorite for carbonating large batches of root beer at social functions. It’s fun to do too!

Welcome back!

I’ve made this before and bottled it. I had to let it set for two weeks before I could stand to drink it. After two weeks it was pretty good. I still prefer Zatarain’s.

I use old beer bottles and soda bottles. A rag tag mix of whatever beer bottles my buddy gave me and some Pop Shoppe bottles we had hanging around since the early 80’s.

I’m no professional but you made need to let it set longer to allow flavors to develop. I had the same thing happen using a commercially sold extract. It tasted terrible until it had been in the bottle for two weeks.

New guy here! I’m strictly a soda guy. Started around mid October making root beer with dry ice. Quickly relived part of my childhood. Then, I started brewing home made root beer with my sons about 3 weeks ago. On batch number 5 right now. Working with commercially sold extracts for now...

I haven’t had that problem with any of my root beer. What kind of yeast are you using?