Dale Shipp wrote to Michael Loo <=-

I don't know where one would obtain all of these ingredients, I prefer getting Bargs when I can.

IMO A&W is best, followed by Hires, then IBC with Bargs coming in 4th.
But, you pays your money you makes your own choices.

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

1 Cake, compressed yeast

Grocery store

2 Ounces, sassafrass root

Forage in the woods of eastern North America and eastern Asia. It was
quite common on my grandfather's farm in Illinois.

2 Ounces, juniper berries

Any juniper (Juniperus communis) tree. Or down the Trader Joes. Online
from Amazon ormSpice Jungle

1 Ounce, dandelion root

Many front yards

5 Pounds, sugar
1 Ounce, hops or ginger root

Hops - any home brewer's supply. Ginger root ..... your stupormarkup

4 Gallons, water
2 Ounces, wintergreen

Many shrubs of the Gaultheria procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, the boxberry, or the American wintergreen. Just the
red berries are used.

And, yes, I know I'm a smart a$$. Bv)=

From my favourite food blog ....

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Title: Homemade Sassafras Root Beer
Categories: Beverages, Herbs
Yield: 5 Pints

Several roots; (including
- some green stems) from
- sassafras saplings, about
- 30-40 inches worth of 1/4"
- thick roots-enough to fill
- one cup when you chop them
- in 1/2" pieces)
4 c Water
2 Cloves
1/2 ts Anise seeds; can sub fennel
4 Allspice berries
1 (1") stick cinnamon
1/4 c Molasses
1 c Sugar
2 qt Soda water

Scrub the roots clean of any dirt. Cut the roots into
1/2" long pieces. (The roots can be tough, if you have
a pair of pruning shears, they work great to cut the
roots.) If you have a few green stems, you can include
them too, but you should have mostly roots. Cut up as much
as you need to fill one cup. Put the roots into a small
pot and cover with 4 cups of water. Add the cloves, anise
seeds, allspice berries, and cinnamon stick. Bring to a
boil, reduce to a simmer, and simmer for 25 minutes. Add
the molasses and simmer for 5 minutes more. Remove from
heat.

Strain through cheesecloth or a fine mesh sieve lined with
a paper towel. Rinse out the pot. Return the liquid to the
pot. Add the sugar, heat until just a simmer and the sugar
has dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool.

To assemble the root beer, fill a glass with ice cubes,
add the syrup and soda water in a 1:2 ratio, so 1/3 cup of
syrup to 2/3 cups of soda water. Add more soda water if
you want it more diluted, add more syrup if you want it
stronger.

Yield: Makes about 2 1/2 quarts.

From: http://www.simplyrecipes.com

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