Root Beer (Again)

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Root Beer (Again)
Originally uploaded by mikeysklar

Just wanted to make a note of what I did on this round of root beer. My first pass came out with no bubbles. I assume this to be caused by my use of a airlock (root beer should be capped) and inappropriate temperatures for the yeast.

Ingredients:
- Nearly a gallon of warm 90deg filtered water
- 1/4 tsp red star wine yeast
- 1 tbl root beer extract
- 2 cups sugar

Process:
- Warm ~1 gallon of water in jug in sun
- Heat a cup coffee mug of water to 98F
- Add yeast to coffee mug
- Wait five minutes
- Add sugar to big jug
- Add root beer extract to big jug
- Add coffee mug of warm yeast to big jug

Wait:
- Store at room temperature for 3 days
- Store chilled for up to two weeks