Root Beer Extract

The Big H Homemade Root Beer Extract makes five gallons of homemade root beer. (directions suggest adding sugar and dry ice; none are included) Available in a 4.25 oz. bottle.

Net 4.25 fl.oz. (125.65 ml)

All Americans know and love root beer. Hires Big H has served Hires Root Beer since we opened in 1959. Now Hires Big H makes its own Big H Root Beer Extract that you can use to make delicious root beer at home. One ounce of extract can produce anywhere from one gallon to one and a half gallons of quality homemade bubbly root beer.

Root beer is as American as apple pie. The first appearance of root beer in America was after it was invented by Charles Elmer Hires, a pharmacist from Philadelphia. Business started off slow, mostly to soda parlors and housewives. America wasn't quick to appreciate this fantastic drink. But after the 1876 US Centennial Exposition "The greatest health giving beverage in the world" began to pick up steam. Soon root beer became one of America's most popular drinks, and today root beer makes up over 3% of the overall soda business. Root beer was created as a health drink, using lots of herbs and botanicals to help those who were sick. But because it tasted so great people didn't want it as a medicine, but as a refreshingly cool beverage on an excessively hot day.

If you want to enjoy the great taste of root beer at home, we have a solution. Big H Root Beer Extract is the perfect way to enjoy tasty root beer at home. The recipe calls for some added sugar and dry ice to carbonate the drink. These ingredients can be found at your local grocery store.