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Homemade Root Beer

“This Root beer is bound to be a hit at any gathering. It is very easy, ice cold and yummy. Use a large insulated drink cooler to brew it in, and everyone can help themselves using the spigot. This is best to do outdoors or place the cooler in the kitchen sink as it brews. Dry ice can be dangerous. Be sure to use gloves when handling. Do not allow children to handle the dry ice.”

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2009

Made this for a halloween party and it was great after I added about another once of rootbeer concentrate and 1/2 c of sugar. Don't judge the taste of it until you add the dry ice, since that adds the carbonation and makes it nice and cold. Plus, it makes for a great "Witches Brew"!

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IDpotato

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

I got a slightly different recipe from an employee of a local dry ice distributor who was giving out samples at the grocery store. He said to make sure to use COLD water or you will need more ice. The warmer the ice, the more it will fog. Perhaps this is part of the problem in not having enough ice??

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HASAKAHAT

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Living In: Sandy, Utah, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2009

We made this tonight for a church function. We received so many compliments and it was pretty cool to watch = ) Word of advice...do this outside if you're making a big batch! We did use more dry ice than it called for like the other reviews suggested. It turned out really well.

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Reviewed: May 22, 2009

really good, I have made this twice and I found that you need to mix everything together first then add the dry ice

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Mr. Mom

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2009

Very fun, very easy, and tastes great! This makes a ton of root beer- if you don't like flat soda, make sure to put leftovers in containers with tight-fitting lids.

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Tiny Dancer

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Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2009

Good Stuff, I recommend replacing at least half of the sugar with dark cane sugar. You can also keg and carbonate with homebrew supplies!

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Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2008

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J.D

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2008

REALLY tasty! It is a favorite for the kids birthday parties and cost less than buying cans.

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Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2008

MMMMM! We made this last Halloween and my kids have already started asking when we are going to make it again. Super good in rootbeer floats . . . especially when the icecream is homemade too. Delicious and a lot of fun!

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Alisha

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Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2008

This was a big hit at our 4th of July party. Kids and adults alike could not get enough. We made 4 gallons using about 1.75 bottles (2 oz.) of McCormick root beer extract, 6-2 liter bottles of club soda for half of the sugar we used dark brown sugar. It had a very rich, yummy flavor. We also used 10 pounds of dry ice, started off with 5 and it all melted away in an hour. Got 5 more and it stayed icy until the last drop was drained. Made it in one of those gatorade 6 gallon beverage coolers. Excellent!

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azKim

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Reviewed: Jul. 5, 2008

This was a hit at a July 4th get together. I used a bit more dry ice but I had compliments from every age group on this root beer! Thank you! I used 1 ounce of Lorann's root beer flavor.

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Laura

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Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2007

I loved this recipe. It tasted just like the kind my father makes at Halloween. I made it for a party and served it with ice cream for root beer floats :) yummy, delicious, outstanding, superb!!!

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Amber

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2006

The best thing about making it with dry ice is the next morning when the kids can't stay away from the "rootbeer slush" that forms when the dry ice is all used up.

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Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2006

We made this first for my son's Cub scout pack meeting. The kids thought it was great and the parents kept sneaking glasses of it too. Since the first time we made it it's now requested at all my kids birthday parties. We found the rootbeer extract at a local homebrewing supply store.

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Reviewed: Jul. 5, 2005

MADE THIS FOR 4TH OF JULY. IT WAS A HIT. THE KIDS LOVES WATCHING THE DRY ICE SMOKE AND BUBBLE. THE ADULTS LOVED THE TASTE. I USED McCORMICK FLAVORING BUT INCREASED THE AMOUNT, FROM 2 OUNCES TO ABOUT 3 OUNCES. I BOILED 1 GALLON OF WATER, 6 CUPS OF SUGAR, COOLED,WHEN READY TO SERVE ADDED 1 GALLON CHILLED SELTZER WATER, 1 1/3 GALLON WATER, AND 5 POUNDS DRY ICE--NO SUBSTITUTE-- THE DRY ICE GIVES IT THE FIZZ AND THAT ICY TASTE-- WILL MAKE MORE NEXT TIME WE RAN OUT

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Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2005

We have updated this recipe to include the correct amount of rootbeer extract.

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2005

Hi this is Lesa the submitter of this recipe. There was a typo on the amount of extract to use. I use 1 bottle (I think 2 ounces) of schilling rootbeer extract. I can only imagine how awful this is with a full cup. Sry all!

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Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2004

We use to make root beer this way when I was a kid. Brings back memories!

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Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2003

It was ok, we made only 1 GAL of root beer. We cut back the amount of root beer recipe called for still a bit strong. We served it with homemade ice cream and was very good, but remember root beer will not be carbonated.

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Reviewed: Feb. 15, 2003

I rated this 2 stars for 2 reasons, 1 is that the mesurement of the extract is subject to the brand used, some extracts like the brand HOMEBREW only use 4 tablespoons for 4 to 5 gallons water, and the 2nd is for the personal reason that extract = cheat, no knocks intended there just a personal thing, but you may want to tell us want brand to use.

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