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Root Beer

200 calories 12.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: No Profile Selected
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.103 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.062 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (steeping grains only)
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 200 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 12.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday May 27th 2026
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 lb Cane Sugar4 lb Cane Sugar 46 0 56.1%
1.50 lb Brown Sugar1.5 lb Brown Sugar 45 15 21.1%
12 oz Honey12 oz Honey 35 2 10.5%
8 oz Molasses8 oz Molasses 36 80 7%
4 oz Lactose (Milk Sugar)4 oz Lactose (Milk Sugar) 41 1 3.5%
2 oz Gladfield - Maltodextrin2 oz Maltodextrin 34.5 3 1.8%
114 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 oz Root Beer Extract Flavor Other 25 min.
0.75 oz sarsaparilla root Spice Other 25 min.
0.50 oz Burdock Root Spice Other 25 min.
0.25 oz Licorice Root Spice Other 25 min.
1 tsp Wintergreen Leaves Spice Other 10 min.
1 each Cinnamon Stick Spice Other 25 min.
2 each Whole Cloves Spice Other 25 min.
0.25 tsp Allspice Berries Spice Other 25 min.
0.13 tsp Star Anise Spice Other 25 min.
2 each Vanilla Beans Flavor Kegging 0 min.
1 tsp Citric acid Water Agt Kegging 0 min.
0.50 tsp Potassium Metabisulfite Other Kegging 0 min.
2 tsp Potassium Sorbate Other Kegging 0 min.
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
2 gal Simmer Roots and Spices Infusion 195 °F 195 °F 25 min
3 gal Top off keg with cold water Top Off 50 °F 50 °F 5 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 5.96 g | 23.8 qt) 2.46 9.8  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.54 2.2  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.5 g | 26 qt) 3 12  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Post boil volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 2.46 9.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

In 2 Gallons of Water - Simmer All Roots and Spices EXCEPT Winter Green
-Simmer for 25 minutes at 195.
-Add Wintergreen and simmer for another 10 minutes

Strain through a cheesecloth into Kettle

Add Sugars, Honey, Molasses, Lactose and Maltodextrin and stir until dissolved


NOTES
Be light on:
Clove
Anise
Wintergreen
Basically all the spices....
Don't use heavy blackstrap molasses

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