What is your favorite brand of extract for root beer?

[Judith]

There seem to be a lot of choices out there. What is your favorite brand of root beer extract? Also where do you purchase champagne yeast?

[Common Tator]

When I was a kid we used Hires Root Beer extract, and bread yeast. I hadn't heard of using champaigne yeast, however I use it for my apple wine and get it at www.eckrause.com.

By the way, if the root beer didn't blow up (as it sometimes did), it was really great!

[gone-a-milkin]

Any homebrewing supply store will carry champagne yeast. Even some micro-breweries will sell you a pinch of it.

[Judith]

Thank you!!