Old Fashioned Root Beer Source: "Excellent Recipes for Baking Raised Bread", from the Fleishman Company, 1912. Ingredients: 1cake,compressed yeast 5 lbs, sugar 2 oz, sassafrass root 1 oz, hops or ginger root 2 oz, juniper berries 4 gallons, water 1 oz, dandelion root 2 oz, wintergreen Procedure: 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. |