Man After My Own Heart

"Homemade Soda" by Andrew SchlossStore Publishing 200 recipes $18.95

An example of the man's genius - Rooty Toot Root Beer. He gives us the recipe and since it involves arcane ingredients such as sassasfras root, dried wintergreen leaves, he wisely offers recipes using store-bought root beer and alcohol.

Root Beer Beer -Combine equal parts root beer and dark beer.

Blackbeard - 1 oz. Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum to 1 1/2 cups root beer.

R & R Beer - 2 oz. dark rum to 1 1/2 cups root beer

MaliBeer - 2 oz. coconut rum to 1 1/2 cups root beer.

All of the above are served over ice.