Title: Old Fashioned Root Beer
Categories: Beverages
Yield: 1 Servings

1		Cake, compressed yeast
5		Pounds, sugar
2		Ounces, sassafrass root
1		Ounce, hops or ginger root
2		Ounces, juniper berries
4		Gallons, water
1		Ounce, dandelion root
2		Ounces, wintergreen

Wash roots well in cold water. Add juniper berries (crushed) and hops. Pour 8 quarts boiling water over root mixture and boil slowly 20 minutes. Strain through flannel bag. Add sugar and remaining 8 quarts water. Allow to stand until lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in a little cool water. Add to root liquid. Stir will. Let settle then strain again and bottle. Cork tightly. Keep in a warm room 5 to 6 hours, then store in a cool place. Put on ice as required for use.

Source: Thomas D. Feller (thomasf@deschutes.ico.tek.com) Issue #930, 7/22/92

This was from Excellent Recipes for Baking Raised Bread, from the Fleishman Company, 1912. I have never tried this recipe...always used extract from the local homebrew store.

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