Taps From Scratch is known for 3 things: our convenient and affordable keg beer rental and delivery service in the Orlando area, our amazing customer service, and supplying delicious homebrewed beer to thirsty customers. It might be time to add a 4th thing since for one day only we are diving head first into the rootbeer float business.Every Thursday from 5p-9p Taps From Scratch is at the College Park Farmer's Market, in front of Infusion Tea, making sure people get to taste delicious homebrewed beers while they pick up high quality local and organic produce.Every 4th Thursday of the month The College Park Farmer's Market has Kid's Night, which is a night dedicated to kid friendly activities and experiences. This month Taps From Scratch is bringing our famous rootbeer floats to the market so the kids can enjoy homebrewed "beer" and add some nice cold homemade ice cream.Join us Thursday night for Kid's Night and enjoy a refreshing homemade rootbeer float on a hot summer night. Click here for directions. See you there!BONUS: Below are the recipes for the rootbeer and vanilla ice cream, enjoy! (Heather and I would also be happy to share our recipes with you at the farmer's market)Homebrewed Rootbeer by Taps From ScratchHeat a pint of filtered water up to 95 degrees and add champagne yeast. Dissolve completely.Heat just shy of 5 gallons of filtered water to 140 degrees and add 3 parts rootbeer extract and 1 part cream soda extract. Stir for 20 minutes adding one part honey and one part organic cane sugar.Cool mixture to 80 degrees and "pitch" yeast mixture. Shake vigorously for couple minutes and cool at 68 degrees for one day.Siphon off root beer from any sediment at bottom. Chill (preferably in a keg) and carbonate to 6 psi using Co2.Add homemade vanilla ice cream for float.Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream by Heather (Taps From Scratch)Ingredients:2 quarts half-and-half cream1/2 pint heavy cream1 1/2 organic sugar4 teaspoons vanilla extract1 pinch of saltCombine all of the ingredients in a freezer container of an ice cream maker. Follow manufacturer's instructions.
