Today is "National Root Beer Float Day" To honor this most awesome celebration, I decided to try my hand at Homemade Root Beer and make Root Beer Floats. I happened to be in Walmart in the baking isle, no surprise there. I was looking at all the wonderful extracts on the shelf and came across root beer extract.
Right on the back of the box is a recipe for homemade root beer. I knew I had to try it, I wanted to see if it tasted just like the real deal. You see I am a Root Beer Lover!! I remember growing up my mom and dad used to take us kids to A&W Root beer and we would get burgers and floats.
We had such a good time. I always giggled at the names of the burgers. The papa burger, the mama burger and the baby burger! I used to ask every time for a bigger burger but always ended up with a baby burger. My mom knew I couldn't eat anything bigger than that. Oh well, it never hurts to ask does it.
I don't know why I was so surprised at how great the homemade root beer tasted. I guess it was because I actually made it. I was so excited that it tasted just like the real deal. I know a liter of store bought root beer is probably less than $1.50, but there is just something about making it yourself that makes it that much better. I think I will try and make a root beer float cake next, I hear they are quite tasty as well.
These are the ingredients you will need: sugar, root beer extract, water, seltzer water and vanilla ice cream.
ready to measure out the root beer extract.
ready to measure out the root beer extract.
Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in sugar and
mix until dissolved.
add root beer concentrate; stir until well mixed. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Slowly pour soda into root beer mixture until well blended. I used seltzer. Makes 6 cups.
Homemade Root Beer
1 1/2 - cups water
3/4 - cup sugar
1 1/2 - teaspoons root beer concentrate
1 - bottle (1 liter size) cold soda water, seltzer or club soda
Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Add concentrate; stir until well mixed. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Slowly pour soda into root beer mixture until well blended. I used seltzer. Makes 6 cups. To make Root Beer Floats, place scoops of ice cream in tall glasses.
Slowly pour the homemade root beer over homemade or store bought ice cream and serve.
mix until dissolved.
add root beer concentrate; stir until well mixed. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Slowly pour soda into root beer mixture until well blended. I used seltzer. Makes 6 cups.
Homemade Root Beer
1 1/2 - cups water
3/4 - cup sugar
1 1/2 - teaspoons root beer concentrate
1 - bottle (1 liter size) cold soda water, seltzer or club soda
Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Add concentrate; stir until well mixed. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Slowly pour soda into root beer mixture until well blended. I used seltzer. Makes 6 cups. To make Root Beer Floats, place scoops of ice cream in tall glasses.
Slowly pour the homemade root beer over homemade or store bought ice cream and serve.
27 comments
This looks yummy, I am now craving a root beer float! I think I will have to go get one today.
Susan
Great recipe!!
Root Beer floats are for sure in our future!
We have a friend of the family and their last name is ROOT so they used to make their own root beer..it was good!
Thanks!