YEAST

[pi55ed]

Anybody tried any of the yeast products below in a sugar wash ...???? >>>>

Found some descriptions of these below.........

Perhaps Jimmy can set up a yeast page ? (tried tested etc)

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(Ale Yeast)-a true top fermenting yeast. promotes rich full-flavoured English style ales with clean, smooth texture.
(Cider Yeast)-this a special Bayanus strain especially selected for its abilty to produce exceptionally crisp and refreshing ciders.
(Lager Yeast)-this strain is a true bottom fermenting lager yeast that produces desirable flavour characteristics consistent with quality lager beer.
(All Purpose White Yeast)-produces white or blush wines which are exceptionally crisp and clean. Also sutable for cold ferments down to 7deg cent.
(Bordeaux White) Yeast-confers exceptional depyh and complexity to to white wines - perfect for (dry) style whites.
(Germanic White) Yeast-confers strong Germanic style flavour to white wines
(Re-Start Yeast)-selected for re-starting stuck fermentations. High success rate can be expected where the wine is below 8% ABV and within pH range 3.0-3.5.
(Dessert / High Alcohol Yeast)-it has high tolerance to alcohol.
(Champagne Yeast)-exceptionally clean and fresh, although selected for Champagne it is also suitable for any sparkling wine
(All Purpose Red Wine Yeast)-produces red wines which are well rounded and full of fruit flavours-suitable for any style red wine.
(Bordeaux Red Yeast)-improves body and confers beautiful soft fruit flavours to red wines-perfect for Bordeaux style reds.
(Burgundy Red Yeast)-Confers exceptional depth and complexity to red wines-perfect for Burgundy style reds.

[bluecap]

Hiya p
I haven't tried any of them you listed but i have a test gallon of tomato puree wash going at the moment using gervin high alcohol yeast, it is no where near as fast as turbo yeast but certainly no slouch, it's been going 6 days and is just starting to slow down which is ok as i put enough sugar in it for 20% alcohol being the greedy git i am.

[pi55ed]

Hey Bluecap,

Keep me posted on that gervin high alcohol yeast brew,i am interested in listening to different yeast brews.....

I have some (champagne yeast) and some (dessert yeast) on order, both apparently have high tolerance to alcohol abv.. i will try a gallon of each in the tomato brew...

What was your recipe for the gallon ???

[bluecap]

Hi P
For 1 gallon i used
40gms of tomato puree (only 40 because a tube from morrisons has 200gms in so i just divided it by 5 so when doing a full 5 litre wash ill use the full tube)
5 level teaspoons of yeast nutrient.
1 level teaspoon of citric acid.
1.5 kilo of sugar (not sure this will take it to 20% but if it ferments dry and doesn't, next time i will use 1.7 as i know 1.7 kilo will)
Gervin high alcohol yeast (purple packet) strain GV4(26)
Its now bubbling about once every 10 seconds so a couple more days should do it.

[pi55ed]

Ok ,

Please let me/us ! know your results

[bluecap]

“A couple more days should do it my arisâ€

[bluecap]

Well that was a letdown, it had nearly about 1 a minute stopped bubbling but was still very sweet so I stuck it through the still and got 750ml of at 52% so I suppose it was still a worthwhile experiment but onwards and upwards as they say, plenty of other things to try.