Made with the highest quality ingredients, McCormick Root Beer Concentrate is the key for creating beverages and treats with classic root beer flavor. And because it contains no high fructose corn syrup, you know you're serving the best. For easy, homemade old-fashioned root beer, simply combine Root Beer Concentrate with a few other ingredients, heat on your stovetop, refrigerate and serve. Root beer made with Root Beer Concentrate is also the perfect base for amazing root beer floats.
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Product Dimensions
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6.5 x 2.19 x 5 inches; 1.2 Pounds
Contents of bottles are under pressure and can overflow or explode. Keep refrigerated (40-50 degrees F) until ready to serve and not longer than 7-8 days after brewing process is completed. Plastic bottles are highly recommended for bottling homemade root beer. They are easily checked during fermentation to determine the firmness of the bottle. We recommend that you not use glass bottles. Check plastic bottles periodically for pressure during fermentation. Those which show firmness indicate complete carbonation.This product is labelled to United States standards and may differ from similar products sold elsewhere in its ingredients, labeling and allergen warnings
Ingredients
Water, Caramel Color, Corn Syrup, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Gum Arabic, Sodium Benzoate (As a Preservative), Gum Tragacanth, and Sulfiting Agents.
Directions
Homemade Root Beer: Shake well before using. 1. Clean and sanitize all bottling equipment according to information below. Mix contents of bottle with 5 lbs. sugar in a large container. (Do not use Aluminum). Stir in 5 gallons lukewarm spring water (approximately 95 degrees F). 2. Dissolve 1 pkg. (1/4 oz./7 g) dry active yeast in 1 cup pre-boiled water cooled to 85-95 degrees F. Allow yeast to dissolve undisturbed 10-15 minutes. Add to sugar mixture and stir well. 3. Bottle immediately into plastic bottles, leaving 2-inch space at top of bottle. Cap tightly. Store bottles on their side in a warm place (70-80 degrees F) for 1-2 days, then store upright in refrigerator at 40-45 degrees F for 3-4 days more. Keep chilled and consume within 7-8 days. Cleaning Information: Before using, sanitize bottles and equipment in mild bleach solution, 2 oz. per 5 gallons cold water. Rinse several times with tap water inside and out.
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I was looking for a way to avoid the HFCS in soda without giving it up entirely. Instead of using the home brew method, I make soda using cans of seltzer. For regular root beer I use 3 TBS of sugar. For diet I use 1 tsp of Stevita Stevia. I mention the brand only because different stevias vary in sweetness. I mix a small amount of hot water with the sweetener in a glass until it is dissolved, then add 1/4 tsp of McCormick Root Beer Concentrate. To that I add a 12 oz can of seltzer and ice. Tastes great and only takes a few minutes to mix it up. Fast and convenient! Another favorite of mine is to use 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract instead of the Root Beer Concentrate to make cream soda.
I've tried a few different root beer flavorings for making my own sugar-free root beer, and so far this one is the best. I just use enough to make a single serving - ½ teaspoon of concentrate, 5 packets of sucralose sweetener, a little less than ⅛ teaspoon of citric acid (for a little bite), all mixed with ½ cup of warm water till it's well dissolved, then adding a 12 oz. can of seltzer, slowly. Mix it up, add ice, and it's great!
Some Walmart super centers sell this at a little cheaper price, but at this time of year (Christmas), the one near me seems to have replaced it with extra extracts for holiday baking, so Amazon was the next best thing. Now I have enough to last me till July. ☺
I tried McCormick Root Beer Concentrate after experimenting with a line of similar products at my local home brewing store. Following the directions offered at the Amazon.com site featuring this product produces a good tasting root beer that is easily created and bottled. I was glad to find this product, and glad I purchased it; but disturbed to see that the price has jumped from the $35.25 I paid very recently to $52.95 today. I don't know that I will be back to purchase this product again given this rather remarkable spike in price.
I'm a home brewer and make wine, beer, and root beer. I have tried several different extracts for root beer flavoring and this one is simply the best and very easy to use. I dump the whole bottle into a fermenting/bottling bucket with water (5 gallon total liquid when done), 5 lb sugar, and about 1/2 teaspoon of yeast nutrient and a packet of champagne yeast. After everything is mixed well I bottle and cap it (makes around 50 12oz bottles) and let it mature for a few weeks in the basement. The bottling process only takes about an hour (with sanitizing bottles) and I have several folks that have been wild about the end result.
Wonderful! Brought back childhood memories of my mother's homemade root beer! I made a gallon, and it is delicious on the first try. Here's my recipe:
Pour two c. sweetener (I use Splenda) into one-gallon pitcher and add a little water to dissolve it. Microwave 3 c. Water to a boil. Add 4 tsp. McCormick Root Beer Concentrate and stir. Pour into pitcher, and add water to fill the pitcher. Mix well. Refrigerate.
I needed this for a couple of recipes that I had wanted to try. The concentrate can not be found around town where I am so I'm glad I found it. The bottles came looking like they had been opened before so I had to do a little clean up before I used them (and made sure they were never opened before). It did the trick....recipes turned out fantastic!
This product makes a very good Root Beer, but the last packages i bought had a very lame root beer recipe on the box! Many Thanks that I still had an old box with the real Root Beer recipe (using yeast) on the back.
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