making root beer

when I started my wine kit, I also tried to do a gallon of homemade root beer i also picked up(on a lark)

I am pretty sure i followed directions closely, but I am not getting any bubbles yet, although the yeast in the wine is going like mad. I think i may have mixed the yeast in too hot a water. does champane yeast act differently?

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Tater
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Sounds like what I experienced. It took bubbles to appear months after bottling. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but after like 2-3 months, the root beer had bubbles. The longer I waited, the more.

DAve

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Dave Allison

I don't know the root beer kit that you bought, but if the yeast is going like mad, then CO2 is being generated. You probably have to wait a week or more for the carbonation to be reasonable.

It sounds like your retailer also told you to skip step2 here. Thats the wait a while step.

Steve

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Steve

yeah, but compared to the wineexpert kit, this thing is not doing anything. I'll sit and wait a bit

in fact compared to water, it is doing about the same. I still think the water was too hot when i added the yeast and killed it.

oh, rainbow flavors homebrew root beer concentrated soda pop base. did not know there were different types of root beer kits......

you aint gonna let me live that one down are you :)

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Tater

That's quite possible - how hot was the water? Anything over 50C is calling for trouble. The rehydration instructions for yeast usually are around 40C so I wouldn't go much over that.

Pp

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pp

Used to know a guy who regularly made the Rainbow soda pops. He definitely made ginger ale, cola, and a couple of the root beer types.

I remember him telling me that you had to adjust the amount of yeast recommended depending on the variety. He made a gallon at a time, and bottled in 2 litre pop bottles. When the plastic bottle turned hard he put it in his basement fridge to slow/stop the yeast. He and his wife were very happy with the results.

Steve

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Steve

I have a general question about the root beer kits. I assume these are to make root beer that is similar to what you get in the grocery store. It has a lot of sugar but you only ferment it enough to carbonate it - so you have very low alcohol and a lot of sugar in the final product. If this is right, how do you stop the fermentation?

Thanks,

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with great difficulty.

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Steve

today I gave up, and went and did some testing.

warm water to me is about 120F. I'm assuming i killed the yeast. so I went and put another shot of yeast in. we shall see what happens

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Tater

That sounds a tad high to me - to me 'warm' in yeast terms is roughly 78F - 90F with better odds at the lower end.

Jim

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jim

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