How to Make a Root Beer Float from Scratch | Sassafras Maple Brew: HTME: Remix

We revisit one of my favorite projects of making a root beer float from scratch. In it, I had to forage my own sassafras roots and wintergreen, tap a tree for maple syrup, brew my own root beer, and milk a goat to make the ice cream.
Disclaimer: The safrole oil contained in sassafras root is known to be a weak hepatocarcinogen at higher doses in rats and mice and is banned for consumption by the FDA. This ban is controversial as more recent studies have suggested it might effect humans differently, with some scientists ranking it only as dangerous as breathing indoor air or drinking city water. Use at your own risk.
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- Poplar Hills Goat Farm: www.poplarhillfarm.com/
- Izzy’s Ice Cream: izzysicecream.com/
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Today, getting what you need is as easy as a trip to the store. From food to clothing, energy, medicine, and so much more, Andy George will discover what it takes to make everything from scratch. His mission is to understand the complex processes of manufacturing that is often taken for granted and do it all himself. Each week he’s traveling the world to bypass the modern supply chain in order to harvest raw materials straight from the source. Along the way, he’s answering the questions you never thought to ask.
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[@htme]

Why are we recutting and reposting our old content? We made a transition last year to how we produce and edit our episodes to better fit a format that is more KZbin friendly and we want to update our old content to match. We’ve also grown in size drastically this year and want to be able to share some of our favorite projects with our new viewers who may have missed our older content. (our last remixed episode is now our second most viewed video)

[@Omaroka]

How To Make Everything Awesome!

[@tamastorocsik7388]

forth :DD

[@shadoexperamint]

How To Make Everything ok that makes sense.

[@MajoraZ]

Personally, I really enjoyed older format where you had a series of 3-6 minute videos that go into more detail of each step of the way. In fact, I would even prefer it if you had 10-15 minute videos on each step, with the combined time for an entire "how to make X" be like an hour.

[@ghunter0939]

how to make a sunset sarsaparila

[@Will-le4lm]

Now for the water for my root beer we need to fly to france and use the large hadron collider there to combine hydrogen and oxygen together to create water.

[@connernelson6795]

He really needs just a oxyhydrogen torch

[@lukewood605]

now to make a large hadron collider from scratch

[@andrewzhang1290]

Particle accelerator from scratch

[@nexonuturious6954]

mining steel from scratch

[@ethantran1395]

You dont need a large hadron collider to combine hydrogen and oxygen. You just burn hydrogen in a oxygen-containing atmosphere. Then condense the water vapor.

[@PigToots]

rut beer

[@Jarbleson]

PigToots wot r u doing here

[@acestillwell98]

I have honestly never heard it be called that.

[@skolatrenkovo8385]

groot beer

[@zoeveilleux1197]

Ik

[@TheTrueDecepticreep]

That’s all I could hear. Must be a midwestern thing.

[@whytho1707]

I have to say, I find it absolutely hilarious how you pronounce "root" differently while saying just "root" or "rootbear"

[@andrewwarner2357]

everyone was saying "rute"

[@TheSixxstar]

i am from canada very close to where this would have been filmed. unlike in most US states were vowels are pronounced clearly and almost drawn out, we pronounce our vowels very quickly and blend everything together. this being said "root" may sound more like "rue or rut" and "beer" may sound more like "bear". the vowels O and U are generally the ones that cause the most problems

[@bobbystevenish9333]

its ROOOOTT beer not RUT beer

[@suzz1776]

my mom has always called it rutbeer cuz she was born and live in her young yrs all over the midwest area(navy family) so she has a slight accent when saying certain words. it always bugged the hell out if me as a young kid. lol. now I think it is funny. I rem always trying to tell her that it is root not rut. lol

[@cwallcw]

There is no explaining north Eastern fooolks!

[@logansmith6342]

Thats honestly super sick, I'm really amazed at the ingenuity of this man, how he literally makes everything, I didn't expect this to literally be made from scratch, what a baller

[@evanhorwat8509]

root beers been made from scratch for a long ass time, its not very hard.

[@gamingfornerds4025]

Evan Horwat Not in modern society which he was referencing dumbass

[@jeremycastle2973]

Holy shit a tree that tastes like Froot Loops?!?

[@andregelserrano1973]

Jeremy Castle YEH!

[@klieu90210]

Have tried sassafras at the source. Can confirm Froot Loop smell and taste.

[@NewerSing]

If this is what froot loops are supposed to taste like, imagine someone decided "Let's make tree flavoured cereal" in the past

[@Imsupercrass]

Jeremy Castle Just follow your nose...

[@connorfrancken9952]

They should call the sapllings safring

[@forehead-chan5379]

mission failed, didnt make the goat from scratch

[@jesusthewhite7703]

In a world where people don't understand sarcasm one idiot one goat coming this summer

[@galaxyblade7534]

Minecraft_KZbinr w

[@Lycanthropelrp]

jesus the white awesome movie trailer

[@spxcl]

Minecraft_KZbinr lmfao

[@chufa6553]

And the ice

[@Deadlyish]

"Hey, don't eat my pants, I made them from scratch out of Hemp, Cotton, Alpaca, Silk, & Wool"

[@axavia]

I remember at camp we called the sassafras tree a “fruitloop tree” because the leaves and sap had a distinctive fruitloop smell. The bark and roots smelled of root beer, however

[@101kurtj]

You should make old fashioned lye soap. For the essential oils you could find a distillery that extracts them from plants, which is a long process, and the rest of the oils you could find someone that presses olives and coconuts for their oils and things like that.

[@user-kl1on3nw7y]

Kurtiss Winscot yesszz do that

[@h4ppy3nd]

I'd love an entire series on hygiene products!

[@Felixkeeg]

Should team up with NileRed for this

[@ThePaintballgun]

seconded

[@tainicon4639]

Felixkeeg haha my thoughts exactly.

[@hohshua8892]

If you guys didn't know, Andy has a subreddit for HTME. He is open to discussion and suggestions over on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/HowToMakeEverything

[@htme]

Very true, thanks for mentioning it!

[@hohshua8892]

How To Make Everything would you go skinny dipping in the cranberries you fell in?

[@vicemajor]

I

[@mistyelliott8270]

dont

[@mistyelliott8270]

know

[@athenalasagna9600]

Clickbait He didn't make the boat from scratch

[@JDecker77]

He also didn't make the cup

[@cutthecreeper6154]

Also he didn't delver or raise the goats

[@imnotabot7878]

@@cutthecreeper6154 he didn't even make Michigan

[@SecretLars]

@@imnotabot7878 He didn't even make the world!

[@NaughtyKlaus]

he didn't even make himself.

[@KYRPopJoe]

Look at 10:16 you see a dog in the back ground with a pole stabbed into it

[@gregdimas3011]

Optical illusion.. the pipe is in front of the dog and cut short.

[@KYRPopJoe]

Greg Dimas ohh ok

[@CryptidProductions]

Yeah. The pipe there is actually cut off and the dog is behind it at the right angle it looks like it's stuck in him.

[@practicallyprinz]

Yes wtf I was hoping thered be a comment about that, glad I'm not the only one

[@georgeels9702]

I was about to make that comment lmao

[@russhoward3037]

This is the most legitimate and coolest channel I have ever seen. It's amazing you do these things! Nice!

[@NobD2]

Really get an appreciation for something when you see all the effort that goes into making it. Root beer floats seem so simple when you just buy the finished products. Great content as always!

[@breakingaustin]

3:51 There's no way he misspelled his sister-in-laws name to *Virgina* lmaoooo

[@adamwolf2376]

calm down Bubbs

[@logdogmusic5297]

It could be spelled like that

[@notgray88]

"How's Virgina doing today?" "How's my WHAT doing today?!"

[@TheKingofRandom]

Root Beer .. my favorite! Awesome video Andy

[@htme]

Thanks Grant!

[@badabing6057]

Rip Grant 😢

[@chem_ist_]

I love this channel. It's truly a unique and original idea. I have never seen this before anywhere else. Keep up the good work. On another note, I am a guitar player, so maybe make a guitar from scratch? I don't know how hard that would be.

[@htme]

We've considered doing musical instruments, but no immediate plans.

[@stamasd8500]

You could try a cigar box guitar. There's lots of information on how to make them out there.

[@strawberryroan1941]

Crucible Nice idea! I am in the process of making an electric guitar (Not sure if you were talking about acoustic or electric but acoustic will be MUCH harder) i am planing on building a 1952 fender telecaster copy because i can not afford a true 1952 reissue so I decided to make my own and make it as good or even better than the real thing tell me if you are interested in the details! :)

[@chem_ist_]

Very nice. I love Fender guitars. I am also too poor to afford one lol. I believe at the time I was thinking of an acoustic guitar because I believe an electric would be much too hard to do from scratch, I mean electrical components and all. Have a nice day! :)

[@strawberryroan1941]

Chemist i thought that to and then i looked at some schematics and wiring diagrams and honestly... I think i could do it there is only 2 pickups in a telecaster a switch and a tone and volume knob. It would be a lot easier (and cheaper i think) than gluing and clamping an acoustic together. But from scratch is a whole other story haha you have a good day to ;)

[@frankielamictal]

This feels like the most Minnesotan video I feel so at home

[@stealthylunatik2823]

“Taste this leaf.” “Tastes like mint.” “Taste this evergreen berry.” “Tastes like mint.” How can he taste his rut beer in the end?

[@MJFInterprises]

I appreciate the time effort and entertainment you give us and you deserve more KZbin fame than you have

[@Andyk0017]

Rutbeer flute

[@foxxyfluffytail5322]

U so got a sub and a like the fact u go out of ur way not only to get what is properly needed but also to go out of ur way to find ppl to show u and teach us so much about it is wonderful u put discover to shame nice work!

[@MN-eq8xi]

I was scared for the dog's life @10:17

[@DASSAMWASHERELP]

Who would impale a poor dog?

[@hammertusk1948]

lazy doge

[@dfbess]

That is a cool optical illusion..

[@duvid927]

i was just about to make this comment lol

[@larenssx2710]

+Coin Slot (geenie) edgy

[@godofguitar5]

Man I just discovered this channel and it's already one of my absolute favorites. Pretty heart broken with the lack of content but it will come in time. Thank you!!

[@mememe4050]

It's been a year is that enough time?

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

you guys deserve way more views. also appreciate that you dont use clickbait. hope you get a bunch more subscribers. i defenitely had to subscribe after a couple of episodes :)

[@linneaouimet2664]

it is SO nice to see a channel as cool as yours be based in minneapolis!! a lot of videos i watch are made on either coast so it’s pretty funky to see people doing stuff in the midwest :) and see them go places i’ve been!

[@november8039]

I feel like this is the best channel on youtube, hands down. Your videos are the only ones I click on religiously when I get the notifications.

[@masterkoga1541]

Why does his channel have less viewers im sure tons more people would love this content!

[@benedikthulsmann7448]

masterkoga yeah I was really surprised once I discovered this channel a few moths ago and asked myself why KZbin hasn't recommended this to me. Lile this channel is just perfect.

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I've rarely watched a cooler video. Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to dig into your channel!

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I just started watching your channel today, I enjoy every video and am learning so much. I have asked my children to share your video and help you get more funding.

[@silverknighttristan8636]

Man, this channel is so unappreciated, the level of work that comes into making just a video is staggering, more than those other channels who only do simple stuff with no effort at all and get millions of views, again, this is awesome man, keep up the good work !

[@CalabusDabus]

rut beer?

[@vincer6556]

CalabusDabus ruhpeer

[@GodWarrior7771]

No, Root (rʊt), not rut (rʌt). In many dialects instead of the oo sound in "Dude", Root has the oo sound in "book".

[@GrapeJuuce0]

It’s a Minnesotan thing. We say our “oo” sounds as more of an “uh” sound. We also say our “oh”s very accented.

[@countryboy1209]

Can’t believe you came to Michigan. I live in southwest Michigan. I’m from down south and I’m glad I live here just for the sassafras. Best time is in the spring when the ground is just thawed because the sap is in the roots still. The best thing is sassafras tea. Wash the roots off, boil it and you have sassafras tea. Some people say there is a link to cancer from sassafras but my entire family has been drinking it for generations and nobody in my family has had cancer. *knock on wood*

[@rhymeandreasoning]

What an amazing video. I loved every second of it. Stumbled onto this channel just today. I SUBSCRIBED

[@cuklabcusade]

you cut out all the flirting with icecream girl wtf

[@tissuepaper9962]

dank memes ikr

[@gem2612]

dank memes 😂😂only the original viewers know

[@dannytheman9252]

Not an original but went back and watched it and omg she wanted the D. Literally didnt take her eyes off of him. Also she brought over 2 cups and 4 spoons so they could share. Hope he got her number, she was cute

[@icecoolio2120]

danny the man watched what?

[@theguynamedbryce]

Icecoolio the original video it had a clip that he cut out in this one

[@MIIIIIIIIIIKE]

11:45 Wow wow wow, we didn't see you make your own ice. Definitely cheated 😂

[@TheRealVrajPatel]

Jon Ginny all he needs to do is collect water from a lake, travel to the Arctic, put the lake water in a clay ice mold ( that he makes by following primitave technology's direction), throw the mold in the Arctic snow, wait for it to freeze, bring it to the ice cream shop before it melts and make the ice cream.

[@matti7175]

Vraj Patel or find ice in a river or something

[@toxikarp2063]

Why did he not make the ice cream in the arctic?

[@eoghancollins7878]

He didn't make the plastic bags either

[@RebeccaEWebber]

I love this series and just became a Patron! Great work Andy + Team.

[@king_bart]

God the inconsistency with the pronunciation of the word 'root' is killing me

[@butter_m4949]

As someone who lives in Minnesota (actually next door to Izzy’s) I can confirm that it is EXTREMELY annoying

[@edsmith2650]

I agree, was just about to say something

[@hi-nw7qy]

Wow, you didn't even grow your own tree, build your own boat, and raise your own goat. Disgraceful. I've actually seen haters say that, and they were serious.

[@htme]

+Rhinopocalypes Ha! We would love to do everything Mine Craft style, but we don't have the resources or budget yet. Someday...

[@hi-nw7qy]

How To Make Everything That would be amazing. And thank you for the reply (:

[@AltoSilver]

How To Make Everything Growing a tree would take a long time...

[@Wangz5228]

Maple syrup is copyrighted by the Canadian Government

[@cookiemonster2085]

Andrew Wang the name may be but a rose by any other name is just as sweet, same thing with maple syrup in that it’s the same type of trees, harvesting process, and thus end product. Now I’ll intentionally avoid Canadian maple syrup 😗

[@williamhoffman7822]

Nnnnnnnnnnooooooooooo

[@blakecampanella2502]

tyvek05 r/wooooosh

[@liammunroe6978]

@@cookiemonster2085 r/wooooossshhhh

[@RandomPerson-pi9cu]

woooosh indeed

[@tenshiaraki]

This is absolutly one of my favorites episodes of all... Because I can actually make this at home, kind of.

[@MrPortugueseDavid]

5:19 Minnesota accent: the way he says "hose" 😂😂😂

[@martinaforbs1448]

😂😂

[@gokulvaradan8781]

"Should I be worried about it poopping on me ?" no answer

[@benedikthulsmann7448]

Gokul Varadan :D

[@ozymandias7362]

Hands down Andy, I love your videos... You deserve way more views and subscribers, keep it up.

[@jonathangauthier3549]

I'm so jealous!!! Organic root beer with goat milk ice cream? It sounds SOOOOO delicious

[@kaebee95]

My great-granny and I used to make homemade root beer together during those hot Tennessee summers. I loved digging for the sassafras root and I would rub it in my hands and smell it while we walked through the woods. This brought back a lot of memories of that, thank you. 😁

[@worldofrandom5277]

I live in Indiana and we have sassafras trees here, some sassafras tea is delicious when it's homemade

[@liambrunner3026]

I live there too. I have a sassafras tree in my yard

[@SchoolRumble4ever22]

When even Americans don't understand that there are different regional accents. They are saying rootbeer with a Michigan accent.

[@amazingturtle5075]

OhSoVeryKawaii As a Southerner whith a Pennsylvanian father and a Michigonian mother I think I understand that there are different accents. The Midwest just isn't as advertised as like the hillbilly, southern, country, Western, New Jersan?, New York, Boston or California accents.

[@SchoolRumble4ever22]

Amazing Turtle I mean I wasn't being literal...but I agree with what your saying.

[@geopixels6886]

OhSoVeryKawaii No. It's not exclusively Michigan that says "Rutbeer"

[@SchoolRumble4ever22]

Geo & Pixels That doesn't mean they aren't saying it with a Michigan accent. Australians and Brits say many words the same but they are still using their own accent. I think you aren't seeing the point.........

[@TechySeven]

Takes me back. My dad showed my friend & I all those identifiable features of Sassafras, then taught us how to make a simple "Sassafras Tea" (no Maple Syrup or Carbonation, so only a "Root Tea") from boiling the root and then (after straining) adding sugar and a dash of vanilla. Pretty decent-tasting stuff, so we made some of it numerous times over the years, lol.

[@breakingaustin]

'The ghost, my kids call it' What are the odds this woman has no kids but just prances through the forest like she's tryna escape Big Book's Haunt?

[@bryanfreitas3835]

Honestly you have an amazing channel, and you definitely deserve more credit for the videos you make. Not only do you work hard to create the videos, but you go out of your way to travel to places, just to get fresh ingredients. You deserve more subscribers and more views then you have at the moment. Best of Luck and keep up the good work.

[@htme]

Thanks for the compliments!

[@zombery2472]

You should fly to Australia and do a collab with Primitive Technology!

[@JaneDoe-yt7fv]

He is from Australia?

[@shwageetv7889]

Jane Doe yep

[@timmyteaches7663]

Primitive technology isn't really a collaborative type of channel... not only that but this channel has like nothing at all to do with primitive technology other than that one time he tried to smelt metal.

[@anonymousidiot6163]

But he would need to build a plane from scratch

[@Simon-qo7jv]

Zombery true

[@bobmiller3675]

This dude has some dedication. The amount of stuff he does is insane

[@thefluffyneko4450]

Really glad you collaborated with codys lab which allowed me to find this channel, loving these videos..

[@november8039]

BTW, safrole is refined and used to make MDMA.

[@cornholio1988]

HTME: MDMA from scratch :-D kinda neat fact. Thanks for that

[@isabelladenardo6571]

mda

[@jellyfishumbrella]

oh? ;D

[@alexbalrup2051]

November i was looking for a comment like this to confirm what I thought too 😂

[@ventedthesenuts]

Nothing like a sunset sasperila when im patroling the Mojave so refreshing

[@MrBennyTheOwl]

Come listen to old Festus jaw a while!

[@d31m08_]

I can just imagine the parents being like “ okay now teach your uncle how we make syrup” and I can just imagine a 5 year old schooling him lol idk why

[@kalebtheweird4359]

This is pretty dope man. Definitely earned my sub

[@garretphipps1626]

🔥and the wood stove WAS LIT 🔥

[@yteq8570]

Please stop. I don't need your cancerous memes 5 year old

[@heathergrimsley4836]

6 year old

[@kkui8635]

At 10:17 it looks like the dog got stabbed by the pole.

[@jkane]

I thought I was the only person that noticed that.

[@beaucheney3121]

Ok good, there are others

[@kkui8635]

Beau Cheney I know right

[@teee2265]

Yoshi Egg yea I seen that to

[@kkui8635]

KZbin Owner yea...

[@anAngeal]

This is amazing to watch. I especially like watching you learn how to milk a goat from a member of 4H. This is good for them and their projects.

[@kingle1944]

I remember when I used to do maple syrup refinery at a little farm where I lived and watching them make the syrup really brought me back I could smell the sweet steam I remember the cold temperatures of course we had a shack we made ours in and I remember getting to stay up late in the (we called it the sugar shack) eating bags of chips and now and then some hostess cupcakes and just watching the snow fall outside the window it was amazing and I'm sad most people didn't ever get to experience that as a kid

[@extremelyexcellentmovies7257]

Lol rut beer. Where are you from??

[@ELLENIKA12111]

H. Conrad He is a Minnesotan, we speak differently.

[@user-kl1on3nw7y]

ELLENIKA12111 oh I thut he was Canadian

[@joonapimia]

H. Conrad Is your profile picture from some German p0rn site ? And no i dont watch that kinda stuff, i have just seen that picture in this meme imgur.com/YirEvJ4

[@danielleee6533]

Hamza h lol Canadians don't say rut, we say root

[@Jessica-wl9gr]

Hamza h I'm Canadian and I don't pronounce it like that :/

[@llone2168]

Rut beer???

[@likeabossftwboyee]

It's because of where he grew up. So it's his accent

[@NathanHarrison7]

Awesome video. Made 100% natural ice cream while sitting down using ice and two plastic baggies. There are so many videos on how to make ice cream. None of which are 10 seconds long… nothing too difficult for this guy. Wish I had a scoop from that baggy. Looked great.

[@erin9868]

"I think I actually made something that tastes good!" Is probably the highest compliment possible in the series.

[@cobblermcbobbler7858]

I love the way you say rut beer instead of root beer accents are funny XD Edit: Wait i just realised what happened to the dog XD

[@benedikthulsmann7448]

Steven The God MC it makes it sounding more delicious to me.

[@feneky5339]

In the next episode : How to make a nuclear bomb from scrath!

[@maldonado41]

Feneky scratch**

[@insidewhale7288]

Scrath

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

FBI would like to know your location.

[@Submersed24]

I love the idea of literally making something from scratch. People often forget that quality in cooking comes with monitoring how ALL the ingredients are produced. There are so many variables to work with, not just amount of an ingredient. That is what excited me most about cooking

[@thanatos204]

This is easily the single most interesting channel on KZbin.

[@brendan5555]

10:15 was that dog impaled?

[@jackroberts6159]

I saw that too

[@mafiamaster100]

No, the bar ends just above the dog which is actually behind the bar. It looks like it but its just your eyes playing tricks on you sort of like an optical illusion.

[@thetitanian5544]

Lol

[@jaggerjdm9787]

yes.

[@user-gm2kt7vy8h]

doggo impalo

[@morganmariex]

It's awesome that he went to Minnesota! It's such an amazing state to grow up in, and nothing can beat fresh maple syrup lol.

[@MrMeier7]

I'm from Muskegon. Been through that channel into Lake MI a bunch. Really cool to see it.

[@johnpossum556]

Cool! I made homemade ginger ale once and one bottle exploded all over the kitchen just like the gal said it would. I didn't care much for the yeast taste in it though. Was your root beer very yeasty tasting?

[@htme]

Not really. If anything mine was a bit under ferment and was still a little flat. One batch I forgot about and later opened, was a bit over carbonated and proceeded to spray root beer all over my kitchen. Didn't get a good taste of that one.

[@stamasd8500]

LOL I can relate to that. A few years ago I was beginning to brew my own beer, and one of my first batches got over-carbonated. What happened is, for the second fermentation in the bottle (the first fermentation was in a carboy) I added way too much sugar as I mis-calculated the amount. When I tried to open a bottle, the beer shot right up my kitchen ceiling. :) I still have a few bottles from that batch in the back of my refrigerator, but I'm afraid to open them. :D BTW, making your beer from scratch sounds like an interesting project. You would need to grow your own barley and hops, then learn how to malt the barley, make the wort, and use your yeast expertise to ferment it. I have made something similar, not entirely from scratch - used barley that was already malted, and rye which I grew in my backyard and malted myself. The yeast was also purchased, not made by me. I did use however my own hops that I'm growing behind the house. If you're interested let me know, I can send you some hops rhizomes so you can start your own. The rye and hops are very easy to grow and require little maintenance - they grow like weeds, because they _are_ weeds LOL.

[@johnpossum556]

That's too bad. I love the taste of root beer and was surprised yours was so simple. Martha Stewart can ramble off the 14 herbs used in her recipe. Along these lines it would be interesting to make your own champagne. Milk Sugar (aka lactose) is often used in the bottling because it sweetens but is one of the few sugars that yeast will not break down into ethanol & carbon dioxide. This means there is less risk of the carbonization process going wrong in the bottle. You have a very illuminating ethos for your channel. I am sure it helps people appreciate the everyday products that are available so abundantly & affordably. Hopefully with less waste. Later!

[@petevenuti7355]

I tried to make my own tamarind ale, I thought it came out pretty good, but most of my friends didn't agree. To solve the yeast issue, I kept the yeast in a one micron filter sock, meant for recycling oil, floating in the container like a tea bag and I had pressure relief from parts of an old pressure cooker epoxied into the lid of the container, that way the carbonation could be under pressure and I didn't lose any trying to filter out the yeast, the carbon dioxide and sugar freely pass through the filter while not letting the yeast get mixed in with the drink in the first place! The biggest problem I had was when the filter will get clogged and then that 'tea bag' would explode inside the container releasing all the yeast into the drink ... icky. If you try that yourself make sure you open the container slowly when done otherwise the CO2 in the filter sock will definitely cause the sock to explode cuz it takes time for the gas to bubble through especially when it's coated inside with a slime film of yeast. Something I should have tried when I was still brewing said ale, a small balloon connected to a rigid straw with the filter sock on the other side of straw, hindsight is 20/20...

[@subswithoutanyvideos-dw3jw]

At 10:22 it looks like the dog is impaled by the pole

[@bigboibean6493]

It's an illusion

[@thequantaleaper]

Great piece of storytelling!

[@ameyapathak2008]

Enjoyed every bit of it

[@AvinashSingh-md8ix]

This channel kinda reminds me of minecraft

[@jessicav3313]

We're are my Michiganders!!!!!!! I live in Michigan 😲

[@frankenstein01]

we're?

[@geopixels6886]

Jessica Vernier *Where

[@dannytheman9252]

*were're

[@jessicav3313]

Ohh shut up!!

[@frankenstein01]

i like how you edited that one but not the original

[@punksz321]

cheers mate for ur very informative channel

[@melody3741]

Wow a whole 3 seconds you spent reviewing the root beer float. You couldn't have spent just a LITTLE longer tasting it?

[@Hydrastic-bz5qm]

He made a whole other video.

[@alexsuero4148]

"What brings you to these parts?" "SASSAFRAS!!" "Sass...?" "SASSAFRAS!!"

[@doggyrobbie0]

The joys of division of labor.

[@DelgadosNEOCorp]

We all root for you and your projects!

[@relwoodmusic3630]

This is so satisfying. I would love to do this stuff.

[@aoekun7580]

Now make "How to make Baby" make sure to include all the details and pic and the most important one is the video make sure it's in high quality. I need this for my biology project.

[@grainassault4844]

delet this Ileggalize dis dont

[@timmyteaches7663]

Aoe Kun always an autistic weeb that comes up with the creepy obviously-sexually-deprived-desperate comment...

[@Lycanthropelrp]

Aoe Kun you don’t knoe dey wae

[@Lycanthropelrp]

AOE KUN IS A BITCH

[@clarencekempt7215]

He was eating some tide pods while making this.

[@ZoniesCoasters]

10:09 can someone explain to me why it looks like the dog has been impaled by that pole?

[@htme]

The poll ends a foot above the ground and the dog is laying directly behind it, creating a humorous optical illusion.

[@Dark69bladeAE]

Zonies Coasters because he is!

[@MrJking012]

HA, I came to the comments to see if anyone thought the same thing... I wasn't dissapointed, albeit i did notice about it being cut but i was like what the f.. at first

[@breakingaustin]

11:25 little attraction between the two of you, huh??

[@Jvwvhnny]

My birds doing that she wants some of his cup to shoot out his foot beer

[@williamhoffman7822]

He was amazed

[@kencarter9721]

Exactly what I thought.

[@resih900]

The way she says it tho keep clicking 11:25 it will be funny

[@liriodosvales2009]

@@resih900bound together, bound together, bound together, etc... kkkkkkkkkk i LOVE IT

[@maxgrabenstein9072]

Who wouldn't like this?? Good job!

[@robertlembo]

I like this video, but can someone please explain to me why people are pronouncing it “rut beer”? Every time it happens I just want to kick a wall with a toothpick under my toe nail...

[@Frankhorrigan-bq5cn]

Robert Lembo go do it then.

[@DangLe-ml1ph]

Robert Lembo what’s wrong with that pronunciation?

[@DirtySanchezE115]

Dang Merang because it isn't spelt rut? Rut is a completely different word.

[@bigboibean6493]

Ben, it's also not spelt, it's spelled

[@williampaton810]

R E G I O N A L D I A L E C T

[@bigbananacongolese8403]

“Let me waste thousands traveling to make one root beer float”

[@BrxIghtside]

It’s all about the experience

[@jayit6851]

r/wooosh

[@Spazzycat14]

@@jayit6851 It really bithers me when people wooosh someone who is generally just talking.

[@eggofshell]

10:17 that doggo looks completely impaled on that railing lol

[@suteerthtripathi]

So happy to hear - "I think I actually made something that tastes good". I was sad after the watching sandwich video hearing you say "It's not bad. That's about it".

[@OneJazzyBoye]

Is it just me or does this guy vaguely look like Mini Ladd?

[@gormygorm]

its just you

[@SpopOnTwitch]

Can I ask, how do you make profit from these videos? You fly around everywhere which costs a lot of money and these videos don't get nearly enough views(no offence, you're amazing) to pay back that cost.

[@Kaadilac]

KZbin pays him for the ads he DOESNT get on his KZbin video and how many people watch

[@Barnes0420]

Also like you really think these companies don't pay for the advertising? Also patreon

[@lucid8943]

XspopX 1.2 mil would pay it all back and he dose it for fun

[@PCLHH]

That Sassafras tree is so out-of-this-world!

[@williamkuhns2387]

I worked at Ghirardelli ice cream shop and learned to "temper" the root beer by dipping the scoop into the vanilla ice cream then dip coated scoop into glass of cold root beer ( will lightly fizzle) then you can gently place a scoop or two of vanilla into the root beer without getting a glass full of foam. Never place ice cream into glass first otherwise when you dispense the root beer you'll end up with a glass of foam. Give it a try!

[@JustAGiraffe]

Some of them are saying Rūt beer and it's slightly bothering me

[@lao5610]

justagiraffe most of this was filmed in Minnesota or the northern Midwest in general. It's just how we say things up here.

[@oechsnea]

What bothers me is how judgmental you are. It's a regional accent, get over yourself.

[@johneldridge1246]

justagiraffe thanks, that was my first thought and I just didn't know how to spell it, it doesn't take away from the video it just is kinda weird me being a mid Atlantic resident

[@guitarguru210]

northern midwest / canadian accent.

[@wunderful1355]

First video I've seen "Oh wow. I think I actually made something that tastes good!" So Does this not usually turn out good?!?

[@WanderTheNomad]

Yes

[@TheCreatorJames]

Early on he accidentally brewed botulism. He's had more success since then.

[@frankenstein01]

i mean it's literally his first time making any of this stuff. be realistic.

[@dereklouden7415]

Jesse Mitchell u serious What vid is it

[@TheCreatorJames]

Look up "Daniel's Pickle Reaction," it goes into more detail.