Here are my finding of using this yeast.
I put 6 bags of Aldi granulated sugar in a young’s FV, topped up to 25 litre with water from the hot tap (combi boiler), and used an electric drill with a de-gassing whisk to mix it in well.
Tested the temp and it was at 40C (which is what the yeast recommends), pitched the yeast and gave it another good stir with the drill, fitted airlock and went to Pizza Hut.
When I came back the temp was 30C and was bubbling like crazy, it did this for about 36 hours, then started to tail off, until 48 hours it had finished.
I degassed with my drill and whisk, and it exploded all over the kitchen floor, I ended up with 22ltrs from 25 (wont be doing that again).
I added the finings, these were Still Spirits Turbo Clear, I added part A, gave it an hour and added part B, gave it a few more hours, until most of the solids were visible at the bottom. The wash was still cloudy so I filtered the wash with a Harris VinBrite filter, it took 3 filter pads and took 4 hours (perhaps I could have either waited another day or just used as was?) - anyway the result was a super clear straw like liquid. I tested it and the Hydrometer fell below 990 so I was happy at that.
Next Ill report on how it distilled.Statistics: Posted by umpa — Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:04 pm
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