A true root beer made with 100% native herbs and trees, gathered in my own back forty.
Fermentables
62% - Pale 2-Row - US
4
37
1
Mash
8% - Caramel/Crystal 120 - US
0.5
35
120
Mash
8% - Munich - Light 10L - US
0.5
35
10
Mash
8% - Chocolate Malt - US
0.5
34
350
Mash
15% - Dark Brown Sugar - US
1
46
50
Late
Hops
No hops in this recipe
Yeast
Fermentis Safale S-04
75%
Other Stuff
sweetfern leaves, dried
1
qt
Boil
sassafras roots, ~1 foot long each
4
each
Boil
wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) rhizome, ~4 feet long
1
each
Boil
aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis) roots
6
each
Boil
black birch root bark, dried
0.12
pt
Boil
spicebush (Lindera benzoin) berries, dried
20
each
Boil
sweet flag (Acorus calamus) roots, dried
0.12
pt
Boil
shagbark hickory syrup
8
oz
Bottle
Mash Steps
Saccharification Rest
Infusion
155
60 min
Special Instructions
1.Herbs are fresh unless otherwise indicated.
2.Sassafras was made into tea ahead of time, then heated for sparge water.
3.Other herbs were added in muslin bags at 20 minutes before the end of the boil.
4.The shagbark hickory syrup was a commercial product, made from boiling the bark rather than tapping the tree. I used it in lieu of any other bottling sugar (which is why this was only a three-gallon batch).
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