Alcotec 48 Hour TURBO YEAST
Turbo Yeast for making alcohol (moonshine)
Turbo yeast definition: A mix of dried wine yeast (saccharomyces cerevisae) and nutrient designed to achieve a complete fermentation of sugar/water washes up to 14% - 23% alcohol.
A turbo yeast does not behave like normal yeast which is not very good at producing alcohol. The turbo yeast is actually a yeast + nutrient package, all extremely targeted to making alcohol from a pure sugar/water wash but you can also use it on fruit washes in some cases (with some modifications usually to the recipes).
The yeast in a turbo yeast is usually Saccharomyces Cerevisae, i.e. normal wine yeast. However there are hundreds of different strains available of dried wine yeast and not all of these are good at the same things. We need a yeast strain that can tolerate high alcohol levels, put up with a lot of heat and produce good quality alcohol. That is not easy to find. We believe our choice is the optimum, we have screened all strains and in fact, we keep doing that in case things change.
The nutrition is a chemically designed (so no "random" sources such as dead yeast cells etc), highly optimised mix of a nitrogen source (such as diammonium phosphate) and a very well defined mix of trace nutrients and vitamins. The secret lies of course in the trace mix as this is what controls the exact behaviour of the yeast during fermentation and especially near the limits of its performance. Nearly 20 years of research has got us to the point where we can achieve 23% alcohol by fermentation, something that was considered impossible before we started on this project.
For homebrewers it's nice to be able to make, say 20% alcohol with ease. For commercial brewers it makes a vital difference if they can produce 20% or only 14% alcohol in a 100,000 litre fermentation within a week.
Making Moonshine - Instructions:
25 litres of 20% alcohol in5 days
Alcotec Turbo Pure 48is a "dual function" turboyeast. You can choose whether to ferment 14% alcohol fast or 20% in 5 days, simply by changing the amount of sugar added. For 20% in 5 days just increase from 6 to 8 kgs of sugar in the recipe below.
It also contains our new Pure-technology for extremely pure fermentations.
How to make Moonshine - Instructions:
25 litres of 14% alcohol in 48 hours
Pour 21 litres of 40 C (104 F) water into your fermenter. Add 6 kgs of sugar and mix well until completely dissolved. Then add 1 sachet of Alcotec 48 and stir for one minute. Leave to ferment in 20-30 C (68-86 F), optimum is 25 C (77 F).
You may need to adapt this instruction depending on the legislation in your country and in some countries making wash / distilling can be completely illegal. Always check your legal position before using our products.
For flavouring of your spirit we recommend using essences.
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