Alcotec 48 Hour Turbo Yeast | Brewers Yeast Powder| Wine Yeast for Wine Making | Instant Dry Yeast | nutritional yeast | 135g (4 Packs)

If you are looking to make a fine wine or mead then there are better less harsh yeasts out there. however if you want max alcohol content and are on a time crunch for whatever reason then this stuff works very well. I make a batch of mead or wine once a week and within the week I can usually pull a 15% and clarification in that seven day period. The 3 gallon batch recipe that I make and works for me is as follows: 2.5 pounds of honey 2 pounds of raw sugar a gallon of orange juice and enough water to round out the 3 gallon capacity I add the sugar and honey to the 3 gallon plastic carboy, heat a liter of water up until it is boiling then I take it off heat and let it cool enough to where it wont melt the plastic, and pour it in while I slosh it around. Continue to add and slosh until all of the sugar and honey is dissolved. From there, add the room temp orange juice and water until you hit three gallons. if you are making this in a 5 gallon bucket then add water until it is 3/4 full. that will be about right. The measurements and amounts don't have to be exact. this is a very basic technique to get a decent dry wine or mead. Once all of the ingredients are in the bucket, mixed together, and at room temp (75-85F) you can pitch a half a packet of yeast. the package says add the whole pack but a half a pack is plenty. A full pack is overkill and can cause it to foam over easily. once you pitch the yeast, put the lid on the bucket or the top on the carboy or whatever you are using and add an airlock. let the yeast ferment over a few days until it stops bubbling. give it another day or two to clarify then you are ready to rack it (transfer it to another container) where it can sit for as long as you want to let it age. make sure you filter out the sediment during the racking process. if you have the ability to siphon it then that is the preferred method. in the new container ensure you put and airlock on it or you crack the lid from time to time. there is bound to be some yeast left over so there will be a bit of additional fermentation that can cause pressure if you don't add the airlock on the secondary container. You can pretty much bottle it anytime after it sits in the secondary container for a few days. at that point all of the clarification and fermentation should be about done. bottle it and drink as you please. it will get better with time. hope this helps, enjoy.

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Works great helping hubby to make his liquor in no time. It’s fast working and tastes great ! Great price and great results !

First time I ordered, it didn't work at all but the promptly replaced it and the second time it worked perfectly!

Follow directions for a good final ABV. I use 18 lbs. of cane sugar for 28 Brix starting gravity. Watch our for the heat during the 1st 48 hours. It will get above 90 F if you don't pay attention. I just wait for it to get to about 80 degrees F, then put it outside until we get to 65 F. During spring and fall that means over night. In winter it means a couple hours. Use a metal (SS) brew pot because the heat dissapates faster than with a plastic bucket. Then to the basement where ambient is in the 60s. Degass daily but go very slow or the foam will rise up and spill over. Within a week the gravity will fall below 0, then rack, airlock, settle and clear. I rack 2x's and get a really clear final mash. It does have the cane sugar taste and there is no way around it. But distilling, carefully, gives you a reliable neutral spirit. Don't stack unless you have a coil to keep down the temp - seriously. If you let the temp get high, the fermentation will be stuck permanently.

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Brewers yeast, works great