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Rut Beer

Corduroy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:54:23 -0800

I like to consider myself an amateur root beer connoisseur, but I know I need to expand. Right now, I really enjoy Virgil's, Henry Weinhards, Maine, and Thomas Kemper. I live in Portland, OR and am interested in both trying to find some local stuff here as well as stuff I can order online. What are your favorites? Extra points for root beers without High Fructose Corn Syrup, and other positive production aspects.

Root Beer!

serazin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:02:44 -0800

We're makin' root beer! (Help?) Me and my buddy want to make our own root beer, and possibly also ginger beer or other soda-type beverages. I would love any suggestions you have to offer: books we should check out, relevant websites, favorite recipes, particular products we need, etc. Please share your home root beer brewing stories, warnings, advice, etc below. Thank you!

Help me get the fizz into my home made root beer

markblasco — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:15:19 -0800

Help me get the fizz into my home made root beer I am starting out with making root beer at home. I have the extract, mix it with the sugar and ale yeast, and put it into 2 liter bottles. I leave about 2 inches of air space at the top after adding the water. After leaving the bottles out for about 2 days, they are pretty solid to the touch, so I put them in the fridge. I left them there for 2 days. When opening the bottles, the flavor is good, but there is absolutely no fizz. I thought leaving them out until the bottle was firm would do it, but no luck with that so far.

Is there anything I am missing? Should I be leaving more or less air space in the bottles? Should I leave them out longer after they have become firm?

Root beer floats + bicycles = best wedding gift ever?

bedhead — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:09:10 -0800

Help me pick out the best wedding gift ever for my almost-husband. We're getting married in a few weeks, and I want to get him a really awesome gift. He is a photographer, an avid cyclist, a watch/timepiece geek, and loves root beer and chocolate. He doesn't drink, so fancy booze is out. Past gifts that have gone over quite well have been a gift basket of gourmet root beer and snacks, items made from recycled bicycle chains, photography-related items, watches, and Edward Gorey art and books (he's a fan).

So, what I'm looking for, you sexy, smart, and talented Mefites, is an awesome wedding gift, from the bride to the groom, for a really wonderful guy who has pretty much everything he needs and wants as far as his preferences go. I mean, I can just feed him a root beer and some ice cream and he's happy; I need some help finding a creative gift that appeals to one or more of the categories of things that he loves.

We are located in NYC, and local items are a bonus, but online ordering is also fine. Suggestions for making things are also welcome as long as they are small projects that can be easily hidden and don't take much time to complete - we live together, and as you can imagine with an NYC apartment, space and privacy are at a premium, so I can't build him a 6 foot tall sculpture to represent our love. He is, however, at work during the day and I work from home, so something that takes a few hours to make is feasible.

Why does root beer smell like Deep Heat?

macdara — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:11:51 -0800

Why does root beer smell like Deep Heat? Being in Ireland, root beer isn't widely available to me, but the one time I tried it, the smell immediately reminded me of the popular topical pain relief spray, Deep Heat. It's a very distinctive, unusual smell, which leads me to believe that there must be some connection between the two, such as a shared ingredient. But what is it?

Nothing on the ingredients list of my Deep Heat can looks like it would be found in a beverage. And googling around, all I've found are references to the same phenomenon, but no explanations as to why it is. Which makes me even more intrigued. And so I turn to the great minds of AskMeFi for the answer.

I Need Root Beer

BradNelson — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:41:16 -0800

Where can I find root beer in London? I'm living in Berkshire (with easy access to London) and am in desperate need of root beer. Where can I find some?

How do I ship carbonated bevvies overseas?

small_ruminant — Wed, 26 May 2004 16:16:41 -0800

What is the best way to ship carbonated beverages overseas? (In this case it's rootbeer from California to Australia.) Will they explode with the pressure changes?