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KEGGING ROOT BEER & OTHER SOFT DRINKS

The secret to kegging and force carbonating soft drinks is to carbonate most of the water first. This is due to the sugar content which makes it more difficult to carbonate the finished beverage.

Preparing The Keg And Water

Clean and sanitize your keg
Place three gallons of cold water into the keg
Seal the keg and pressurize setting your CO2 regulator to 25 pounds
Shake the keg until you no longer hear gas running from the regulator
Refrigerate the keg and CO2 for 24 hours

Making The Syrup And Extract

Prepare your sugars or sugar substitute with one gallon of water
Refrigerate mixture until it reached the same temperature as the keg of water

Finishing The Soft Drink

Remove keg from the refrigerator and disconnect the CO2 gas
Release the pressure on the keg and open the top
Carefully, without splashing, pour the sugar mixture into the keg
Add 1/4 cup of root beer flavor extract (4 Tablespoons)
Close the keg and reattach the CO2 at 25 pounds of pressure
Refrigerate under pressure for 24 hours

To Serve

Reduce regulator pressure to 5 pounds
De pressurize the keg
Attached dispensing line and serve as you would beer

used equipment is sold as is

These used 5 gallon ball lock kegs have been pressure tested and come with new replacement o-rings for the posts and caps. Quick disconnects are sold separately.

makes 4 gallons of root beer 1 gallon at a time

We have packaged everything you will need to amaze and inspire your children, regardless of how old they are, with homemade root beer and many other soda flavors. This kit is designed to introduce you to making homemade soft drinks. You get enough Old Fashioned Root Beer Extract, maltodextrin and champagne yeast to make four gallons of homemade root beer along with the instructions for Jims Really Good Root Beer Recipe. We have also included eight reusable 16 oz. plastic PET root beer bottles, root beer labels you can personalize with your name as the master brewer, and a small funnel to help you fill the bottles. You supply sugar and water, no special equipment is needed. Our root beer is caffeine free; our kit makes four, one gallon batches.