Customer Reviews

Copernicus - Brew it Yourself - Root Beer Kit

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I bought this as a gift for my son. We haven't made the root beer yet, but we are sure looking forward to it. The package has a wonderful smell of root beer.

From the packaging, I expected there to be much more to it and its contents. Here is what you get:

One 2 oz bottle of "Rainbow Flavors" Homebrew root beer extract (readily available for just over six bucks elsewhere).
One packet of Red Star Pasteur Champagne yeast (readily available for under a dollar elsewhere).
One standard 3-inch funnel.
Four standard blank labels.
One photocopied sheet of paper with instructions (readily available all over the web).
The 5" tall cardboard container pictured above(from the rest of the contents, this must therefore be worth about 8 dollars)
Not included: bottles.

So buy this product if you really like the packaging. Otherwise, order it much cheaper from a local or web-based source.

Great product - only complaint, does not come with bottles to put Root Beer in after process is complete.

The "Product Features" for this product makes it seem like it comes with recycled bottles, which it definitely does not.
The kit is small and in my opinion, overpriced. It simply contains a small packet of yeast, some root beer extract, and some plain white blank office labels like you put on envelopes and can get at OfficeMax.

The root beer we made did come out excellent, however, for what's included this kit is definitely not worth the price.

I bought this kit for my son, who is 11. It was easy to make, and he was very excited about it. The problem came when we opened the bottle to try the root beer: it was alcohol. Okay, I know that yeast produces carbon dioxide (for fizz) and alcohol, so I was expecting a little. This had an obvious alcohol smell and taste, and we didn't feel right allowing him to drink it so my son was disappointed. It tastes good! But, more as an adult malt beverage and less as soda pop.

We followed all the directions, and it only fermented for 2 days before the bottles felt pressurized. We then refrigerated it for 5 days while we waited for him to return. Maybe it continued to ferment in the refrigerator?

We will try again with the other half of the root beer extract and see what happens this time.

This kit was purchased for my 9 1/2 year-old son as a gift and he loved it. I am not a fan of root beer, but the rest of the family loved it. Fairly easy for him to do, but needed to purchase special bottle cleaner prior to making the soda.

The kit does not include any recycled bottles like the included list states. The kit is also very small, maybe about the size of one of those cans of powdered lemon aid.

This is a fun way to learn about brewing root beer. The kit has easy to follow instructions and makes delicious root beer.