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Date: 08-17-38 (57 19)             Number: 374
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Subj: Re: Birch Beer! *CR*           Conf: (37) Home Cooki
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 Ga> GATE!VirtualNET #21 AT 1310002

 Ga> [From] Ted

 Can't remember who started the birch beer thread, but I found a recipe for
 it the other day that I thought you all might want to have...

 MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.06

 Title: Chuck's Homemade Ozark Rootbeer (15 Gal Recipe)
 Categories: Beverages
 Servings:  6

 2 oz Birch Beer Extract
 10 oz Root Beer Extract
 1 lb Honey
 1 c  Blackstrap Molasses
 1 c  Grade B Maple Syrup
 1    Gal Sugar (approx 8 lb)

 Approximate total cost of ingredients: $25.50 Mix all ingredients in a keg,
 add water to fill keg, carbonate, drink. Some comments regarding the recipe:

 You can obtain the extracts in 2 oz bottles at most homebrewing shops. In
 addition, you can buy bulk extracts through restaurant suppliers.  The one
 brand I know of is 'Universal'.

 While I artificially carbonated my root beer (for both legal & practical
 reasons), you could ferment it to get carbonation. There was an alcoholic
 root beer at the Great American Beer Festival.  I talked with the brewmaster
 who made it and it is similar to my recipe, but with the addition of a
 substantial amount of malt extract to increase the     fermentables. His root
 beer was in the 6% alcohol by weight range and tasted very good on its own,
 but didn't go well with drinking lots of regular beer.

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