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Vintage Root Beer
By Nick | August 25, 2008
This weekend while I was at my Grandparents’ farm in Charlottesvile, we busted our asses. There are tons of things that need to be done to the farm to get it back into shape and we have only just begun. I was moving some stuff under the back deck and saw an opening to the crawl space of the house while under there. I opened the door and saw something that I haven’t seen in years. 7 bottles of root beer. Why were there seven bottles of root beer under the house?
During the summers of my childhood, I spent ton’s of time at the farm with my grandfather. One day when I was 11 or 12 I decided I wanted to learn how to make root beer. My grandfather and I hopped in the car and went from store to store to gather all the necessary equipment and ingredients. We got back and made home made root beer. I distinctly remember making it. When we were done, we put the bottles (a few dozen) under the house for it to ferment and cool and do whatever root beer does before drinking it. At the end of the summer we went back and drank it. Believe it or not, it wasn’t that bad.
The seven bottles were what was left under the house 21 years ago. I decided to take one out and stick it on my mantle as a memory to one of my favorite memories as a kid.
Topics: Family, Life, The Past | 4 Comments »
August 25th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Very cool!
August 25th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
..and when the top blows off I will help you clean it up. Just don’t point it at your eyes!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I remember making something a little stonger.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
I think that this is really cool. Are you going to try to drink any of it? I would have to open one just to see if the taste is any good.
Its sort of funny as I used to never like root beer but lately I have found myself actually liking the stuff and trying different brands.
If you do decide to drink some of the stuff make sure you have the number handy for poison control.