Hey everyone. I would love to try brewing some root beer but have some questions. I understand the process of making the root beer but get confused when it comes to carbonation and storage. I have been reading that when carbonating with yeast you have to quickly cool the root beer in order to stop fermentation and carbonation. If you do not do this then the bottles could potentially explode. And also you have to drink the root beer within a couple of weeks. Why is this not true for beer? From what i have read about brewing beer once its fermented and carbonated you can bottle it and store it for as long as you'd like. And no threat of exploding bottles.
To avoid exploding bottles could I just force carbonate the root beer in a keg and skip the yeast all together? Then bottle it form the keg if I desire to do so? If I do this method how long will the root beer keep in both keg and bottle? Any other tips are greatly appreciated.
To avoid exploding bottles could I just force carbonate the root beer in a keg and skip the yeast all together? Then bottle it form the keg if I desire to do so? If I do this method how long will the root beer keep in both keg and bottle? Any other tips are greatly appreciated.