Yeast tolerence to alcohol.

[brizleciderarmy]

Having not long moved into a new flat i don't yet have all my brewing equipment at hand and have had to resort to buying copious amounts of cans from the shops to get me through this home-brew drought.

To cut costs i decided to get a batch of Tesco value lager, if it can be called that(2% abv). 48 Cans of to be precise. I opened the first one and whilst i expected it not to taste amazing it tastes minging. Now i have another 47 cans lying about which wont get drank.

This got me thinking :hmm: . What if i open a load of the cans, dump em into a fermenting bin, let them completely de-gas, then add some yeast and a bag of DME? It will only go down the sink otherwise. Now i know fermentation will have trouble taking hold if alcohol is already present, but will the measly 2% be enough to hinder a fermentation?

Should i maybe make a starter to introduce as much yeast as possible?

I might even add a bit of lime cordial to it to give it a slight twang.

 

[fbsf]

I wouldn't waste the dme. Use it for copious amounts of beer batter or sink cleaner. The yeast will activate fine at 2% but the lack of flavour and other junk makes it a futile exercise.

The words polishing and tu*d come to mind...sorry!

Just bung the cordial in and drink it as is - I think you'd be disappointed otherwise.

 

[alanywiseman.]

Having not long moved into a new flat i don't yet have all my brewing equipment at hand and have had to resort to buying copious amounts of cans from the shops to get me through this home-brew drought.

To cut costs i decided to get a batch of Tesco value lager, if it can be called that(2% abv). 48 Cans of to be precise. I opened the first one and whilst i expected it not to taste amazing it tastes minging. Now i have another 47 cans lying about which wont get drank.

This got me thinking :hmm: . What if i open a load of the cans, dump em into a fermenting bin, let them completely de-gas, then add some yeast and a bag of DME? It will only go down the sink otherwise. Now i know fermentation will have trouble taking hold if alcohol is already present, but will the measly 2% be enough to hinder a fermentation?

Should i maybe make a starter to introduce as much yeast as possible?

I might even add a bit of lime cordial to it to give it a slight twang.

If you are worried about the alcohol then make a starter from your prepared wort so that when you add the yeast to the FV it will not get shocked.

Whither this is a good idea or not I am not sure but I would also add some hops in there to cover up some of those nasty flavors :thumb:

 

[brizleciderarmy]

I got a tub of Kent Goldings Knocking about somewhere. I know there mainly used in ales but IL add a few anyways. Worse that can happen is it will still taste like ****

 

[graysalchemy]

I wouldn't bother it wouldn't have any bitterness no body, and taste like ****. you may as well use what you were going to add to it and make a few gallons of beer out of that than diluting it down with that ****.

Now there is the small matter of buying that ***** in the first place. I think you need to confess your sins to the whole forum in a new thread under the tittle

'Blessed father for I have sinned'

and ask for forgiveness and absolution from the members. We all do it from time to time but you do need absolution :lol: :lol:

Go on

 

[brizleciderarmy]

:lol: I don't know what was going through my mind when i bought them. I blame the madness on lack of homemade beers.
Hopefully a wherry kit on the go next week so normal service shall be resumed soon. :drink:

 

[graysalchemy]

You still need to confess, you will feel better for it. :whistle: :whistle:

 

[brizleciderarmy]

Nope. I don't know how this confession lark works. I'm a stubborn arsehole

 

[enitharmon]

I should give it up as a bad job and tip it down the drain. You get what you pay for, IMHO and I've never found a beer in a tin that I really liked.

Your beer drought might be an opportunity to support your local pub, especially if it's one that sells the products of one of your local small independent breweries which also need your support, and no doubt would be happy to return the compliment. You could also revive an old and honourable tradition by taking a jug to be filled and brought home.

Either that or start investigating the bottle-conditioned beers stocked by your local supermarkets{1]. You can use them to cultivate yeast samples for evaluation.

[1] Up in these parts we are lucky enough to have Booths, which is a sort of upmarket Waitrose and has an excellent selection of bottled beers.

 

[scott78]

48 cans.....load the rest in the car and take them back. make customer services drink one and see if they like it. then take your refund and buy some proper beer.

 

[dennisking]

Beer shampoo.