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I'm not looking to drink the wash . I'm looking for as high a an alcohol content as I can get ,because I will seperate the alcohol in my still .
The higher alcohol content .the more i get when I distill a batch .;
Ajnyway thanks for the replys .

Ive been using grocery store yeast from the baking department .
I get around 15% alcohol in my finished fermenting wash .
Would Dady yeast give me a higher alcohol content ?
Time is of no importance , only alcohol % .

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I just signed up this morning , and think this site is going to teach me a lot . Here in the frozen north ,a man needs to thin his blood out a little . I have been making 4 gallons at a time by using 4 ,1 gallon jugs. I find it a good way to try different things , and compare the outcome from one ju...