Homemade Root Beer, Soda & Pop [Paperback]

Stephen Cresswell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 1998

This is the only book on the market reviving the traditional American activity of brewing old-fashioned drinks like sarsaparilla and birch beer.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“This how-to book should appeal to those who don’t mind spending two hours to make a dozen bottles of signature soda.” —  Kansas City Star

 

“Yes, there is fun and adventure in the world of soft drinks, which Stephen Cresswell proves.” — Pittsburgh

 

“This book gets an A+. A good variety of old fashioned recipes.” — American Herb Association

 

“There’s a new book that will tell you everything you want to know about sarsaparilla, switchel, and more … You can make your own home brewed soft drinks pretty easily.” — Anthony Dias Blue on WCBS Newsradio 88 Food & Wine report

 

From the Back Cover

Make your own soft drinks that are tastier, healthier, and cheaper than anything you'll find in stores!

From soda water to sarsaparilla, in Homemade Root Beer, Soda & Pop, you'll find easy-to-follow instructions for more than 60 traditional and modern soft drink recipes. Your whole family can make delicious batches of old favorites and experiment with new combinations of natural ingredients to create your own refreshing recipes.

You'll make fabulous, fizzy creations like:

-- Old-Fashioned Root Beer

-- Sarsaparilla Soda

-- Birch Beer

-- Virgin Islands Ginger Beer

-- Lemon-Lime Soda

-- Cherry Vanilla Soda

-- Cream Soda

-- Raspberry Shrub

-- Molasses Switchel

-- Coffee Whizzer

-- Fruit Smoothie

-- and much more!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 6, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580170528
• ISBN-13: 978-1580170529
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Drinks & Beverages > Beer

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is fun to read, recipes well worth trying, April 18, 2001

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A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homemade Root Beer, Soda & Pop (Paperback)

I enjoyed reading this book, not too complicated it just gets down to business without a lot of technical detail. It seemed to cover just about all of the details a first time brewer would need to brew up some very interesting drinks. One reviewer says it doesn't tell you where to get supplies, true but the book does give some idea and addresses can change with time anyway. Most of the ingredients and implements needed you'll find that you already have or can easily obtain at any time. My only complaint concerns the carbonation process, the author says when it is right refrigerate the drink, he is vague about what that point in the process is. I think I found it with careful reading.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun....BURP!, August 23, 2005

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Gully (Cedar Rapids, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homemade Root Beer, Soda & Pop (Paperback)

I got this book as a gift from a friend who knows how much I love pop. Let me tell you- this is a gift that keeps giving! I have tried all the recipes and it is EASY to make delicious fizzy drinks that taste better than most commercial versions and cost less in the long run.

I especially love the birch beer, and so does everyone who has tasted the batch I made. I also like the molasses switchel and the fruit smoothie an awful lot.

Now that I know the basics, I have modified several recipes to make them sweeter or fizzier or fruitier, according to taste. I have also been bold enough to make my own celery tonic and, believe it or not, a very invigorating tabasco pop.

Get the book, bring over your buddies, and have a pop party!

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great history of soda pop, January 7, 2003

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SodaFan "sodafan" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homemade Root Beer, Soda & Pop (Paperback)

Haven't had a chance to try the recipes in the book yet, but there's much more here. Little tidbits of interesting soda pop info I've never seen in other books, like: Whats the difference between root beer and sarsaparilla? Or: Does cream soda really have cream in it? Fascinating stuff for anyone interested in how everyday things like soda pop evolved to become the things we take for granted today.