The other day Lili and I decided to try our hand at making some delicious home made root beer for the family Labor Day festivities. For something so delicious and crowd-pleasing, it is deceptively simple! The recipe we used simply called for:
3 1/2 gallons of water
2 fl. oz of root beer concentrate (just one whole bottle. We used McCormick's brand)
6 cups of sugar
a couple of tablespoons of vanilla if you so desire (it adds a little bit of creaminess, so they say...)
4 pounds of dry ice
And there you have it! Dissolve the sugar in the water, add the concentrate, vanilla, and finally the dry ice and you're done! It's best to let the dry ice fully release into the root beer before serving (usually about 30 min.-1 hour). A word of warning however! If you are making it straight in one of those 5 gallon drink buckets with the spigot like we did, make sure the melting dry ice doesn't get stuck in the tubing as it settles to the bottom. We made that fatal mistake, and it added a LOT more work than it should have been... So give it a stir now and then, or tip it backwards, or something.
Great for floats too!
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