The Waters household now has fresh, cold homemade root beer on tap.

So far we are using store-bought extracts. To that we combine a bit of honey, refined sugar, and homemade vanilla extract. I don't know that we've put in enough vanilla extract for me to taste it. Funny thing is that the more vanilla extract I put in, the more vodka I am adding! There goes the non-alcoholic thing (although the amount is presumably minimal).

The next spice I am think of adding is cloves. Make a bit of liquid clove extract and add, to create more of a deep spice flavor on top of the normal root beer flavors. We shall see.