goodly dudscrew
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Regarding the turbo yeast, could anyone tell me if it really does work faster than ordinary yeast?
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goodly dudscrew said:
Its used for very high alcohol fermentation. Usually in turbo stills and not recomended for beers / lagers or wines as far as I know. Hope this helps as thats about all I know on the stuff.
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damfoose said:
I also asked this question at a HBS and she said it not to use it on its own was for stills only. Use only the high alcohol yeasts that specify you can ferment then add a flavour eg Whisky, White Rum etc Perhaps it produces some nasty alcohols that can only be boiled off in the controlled environment of a still. Don't know facts though, you'll have to research or get someone else to answer this post.
Good luck :thumb:
Yes it does (by fermenting at a much higher temperature too), and to a much higher alcohol concentration than beer / wine yeasts . . . . BUT (and its a big but :lol:) the next step is to add powdered activated charcoal to the 'liquor' to remove all the horrible nasty flavours that it produces while doing so . . . this produces a colourless tasteless highly alcoholic liquid that you add flavouring packs to to simulate the spirit/liquer of your choice . . . it is not a suitable yeast for replacing with beer or wine at all
