Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Howdy again all,

Quick and possible stupid question but here goes again.

what exactly is the difference between brewers yeast (ie turbo yeast or any yeast bought from HBS) and the lowans baking (or any baking yeast) yeast?

Basically i got into yet another disagreement with my dad about using the TPW vs the turbo yeast and clear wash. :angry-banghead:

This is probably just dad being a paranoid crackpot again but i figured the masses would know for sure having used this before.


Basically he was ranting about how bakers yeast is a no no as there is something it it that can turn the brew poisonous and kill you. apparently. He was also ranting about how no having a TPW wont produce a clearer and more neutral spirit that doesn't require any filtering if the hearts are properly cut from the heads and tails and that ALL spirits need to be filtered on carbon to remove the fusel oils that get produced in all parts of the brew.

pretty sure hes gotten some bad advice somewhere along the lines to come to this belief but wanted to ask anyways.

sorry wasn't so short after all :oops:

thanks in advance
Dill

:laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Errrr tell your dad he's wrong, and if he doubts it get him to sign up here and argue with us :D

yeah i thought so but once dad gets an idea into his head it hard to change his mind. you should here the one about the fluoride that we have in our tap water getting trapped inside the condenser via evaporation and therefore ruining the still and any future brews made through said condenser. :laughing-rolling:

lowans cant handle as high an ABV%, fine for beer and low ABV% washes but if you you want higher than 10% from your wash use a brewers yeast tjat will handle it.

Ive got a wash with lowans stuck on 9% four the last 4 days atm and its bloody annoying, will have to go get some wine yeast from the hbs tomorrow and try and re start it.

Had Lowans go well over 10% many times, it'll go to 14% in my experiences :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Yeah mine with lowans went to around 12%.

sorry for another question. do i need to put the yeast into warm water to activate it before pitching it into the fermented or do i just sprinkle it on to?

Just sprinkle it on at around 30 degrees and give it a bit of a churn with a hand wisk to aid in aeration.

Cheers, Heffers

awesome thanks. i only just realized before just before i sat down to eat that i had no idea. the only thing i have ever used yeast for before is making pizza doughs :shifty:

AAHHHHH, the second greatest use for yeast. :-bd

McStill wrote:Had Lowans go well over 10% many times, it'll go to 14% in my experiences :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I must be wrong :angry-banghead: but from my experiences with it its stalled everytime between 8 to 9%,, I havent given up on it yet tho, anyway it certainly aint poisonous and theres worse ways to die than from drikin 8-}

dillsandwitch wrote:yeah i thought so but once dad gets an idea into his head it hard to change his mind. you should here the one about the fluoride that we have in our tap water getting trapped inside the condenser via evaporation and therefore ruining the still and any future brews made through said condenser. :laughing-rolling:

The easiest way is just do it (TPW), let him try it then tell him what it is :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Or dont tell him :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Kimbo wrote:

dillsandwitch wrote:yeah i thought so but once dad gets an idea into his head it hard to change his mind. you should here the one about the fluoride that we have in our tap water getting trapped inside the condenser via evaporation and therefore ruining the still and any future brews made through said condenser. :laughing-rolling:

The easiest way is just do it (TPW), let him try it then tell him what it is :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Or dont tell him :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

that's exactly what the other half said. except he said to say okay i made this the same way you do and it turned out like this. then once drunk go Ha it was the tomato paste one with the "deadly" yeast. mmwhwhahahaahah :laughing-rolling:


i have decided just to go with what i wanna do and not worry to much about what the old man says. I am now highly motivated to show him some one ups man ship :twisted: :dance:

got my first wash happening about 2 hours ago. is starting to go mad with the bubbling :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Keep up the good work DS :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Twisted wrote: from my experiences with it its stalled everytime between 8 to 9%

Not real sure whats going on there Twisted but I can get to 15% with no hassles at all , never tried to push it further so I can't say where it would stall but not below that @ Dill :laughing-rolling: your not the only one with a Dad that thinks he's never wrong :roll:

croweater wrote:

Twisted wrote: from my experiences with it its stalled everytime between 8 to 9%

Not real sure whats going on there Twisted but I can get to 15% with no hassles at all , never tried to push it further so I can't say where it would stall but not below that @ Dill :laughing-rolling: your not the only one with a Dad that thinks he's never wrong :roll:

yeah true. but im not sure anyone else's dad quite falls into the same crazy old man category dad sometimes finds himself in. :ymdevil:
i just cant wait for my tpw go go through and have it come out better than his turbo was stuff and then go hahahaha at him. :ymdevil:

dillsandwitch wrote:yeah true. but im not sure anyone else's dad quite falls into the same crazy old man category dad sometimes finds himself in. :ymdevil:

I still see a few glimpses of it in my old man :angry-banghead: But he has mellowed since his younger days....

Chocaholic wrote:

dillsandwitch wrote:yeah true. but im not sure anyone else's dad quite falls into the same crazy old man category dad sometimes finds himself in. :ymdevil:

I still see a few glimpses of it in my old man :angry-banghead: But he has mellowed since his younger days....

see im not sure but i think before long my dads gonna go join the guy that is always protesting about cops being courupt. he usually hangs out at one of the main intersection in Capalaba. 8-}

dillsandwitch wrote: the guy that is always protesting about cops being courupt. he usually hangs out at one of the main intersection in Capalaba. 8-}

For those that arent local, here: http://www.courtneyvcops.com/
He really is a nut job :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-}

The Stig wrote:

dillsandwitch wrote: the guy that is always protesting about cops being courupt. he usually hangs out at one of the main intersection in Capalaba. 8-}

For those that arent local, here: http://www.courtneyvcops.com/
He really is a nut job :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-} 8-}

Dang i have seen the website on his stuff but never looked at it myself. :laughing-rolling: