Old-Fashioned Root Beer

Old-Fashioned Root Beer

Ingredients:
1 ounce sassafras
1 ounce allspice
1 ounce yellow dock
1 ounce wintergreen
1/2 ounce wild cherry bark
1/2 ounce coriander seeds
1 ounce hops
3 quarts molasses
Boiling water
1/2 pint yeast
4 gallons cold water

Directions:
1. Mix the sassafras, allspice, yellow dock, wintergreen, cherry bark, coriander seeds, hops and molasses.
2. Cover with boiling water and let stand 24 hours.
3. Filter, then add the yeast and cold water.
4. The root beer will be ready in 24 hours. Bottle and seal.