Old Fashion Hires Honey Root Beer - Wilma Ellis Wilson

Ingredients
1/2 Bottle of Hires Root Beer Extract
4 Cups honey
9 1/2 quarts of lukewarm water

1/2 tsp. dried yeast
1/2 cup of lukewarm water

In a large  2 1/2 gallon  plastic container, add the honey and pour the extract over the top, gradually mixing them together. Gradually add the 9 1/2 quarts of lukewarm water into the mix, while mixing. 
In a tiny bowl add the yeast to the 1/2 cup of lukewarm water, and let sit until the yeast is dissolved and bubbling.
When the honey is dissolved in the water,  add the yeast mixture, very gradually, and carefully mix.   Bottle in clean capable bottlers with fresh new caps using a pop bottle capper, lay the bottles on their sides in a out of the way place where they can sit for 3 days.
after the reccomended time, carefully take one of the bottles outside and open with a bottle opener, it may spurt high. Drink and enjoy