New Root Beer Batch

My recipe (for one 2 liter bottle):
1 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. yeast
1 1/2 tsp. root beer extract
2 liters water (fill to 1" of top)

I'll let you know how it comes out.
Check the comments for the results.

Before I made my first root beer, I browsed the internet looking for different recipes and methods. I wanted old fashioned, I wanted homemade, I wanted original. So, though I've used extracts for most of my attempts, I've tried to be as old fashioned as possible. It almost seemed scientific and basically too fussy. When I wanted to make a batch, it took a couple of hours: wash the bottles, sterilize the bottles and utensils you'll be using, mix water (that's been sitting in the window to let the chlorine dissapate) and flavor and sugar into a large pot (sometimes I boiled the water first to sterilize), in a smaller container proof the yeast, mix the yeast with the large pot, stir, bottle 2 bottles, stir again, bottle more, stir, etc. This was drawn out, messy, sticky, and made tons of dishes.

Last night, I tried this guys method. I used two 2 liter bottles, a funnel, and measuring utensils. That was it! I sterilized the bottles with liquid concentrate sterilizer (no rinse stuff I bought from a hobby brew shop), then I added the sugar, yeast, and extract to the bottle, and finally, I filled the bottles with tap water. It was quick and easy and made very little dishes. I placed the bottles on top of my fridge last night and squeezed them this morning... it's working!!!

This is much easier than 12 ounce bottles filled one at a time, and much cleaner. Granted, I really like the effect of brown glass bottles that have been capped. So, I plan to transfer the soda into them after they do their thing in the plastic bottles (since plastic is by far saffer than glass). I had 10 glass bottles turn into hand grenades. They just blew one after the other sending sticky glass shards everywhere.
I'll let you know how it turns out.

[I really need a digital camera so I can take my own pictures to post.]