Fleischmann's Yeast?
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Fleischmann's Yeast?
Hi i was just at a restauraunt supply house and they sell Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast #2133 . It comes in a 2lb. bag for less then 2 dollars. Anyone have any experience with this yeast? Should it work ok for a sugar wash? how about mollasses/sugar wash for rum? I bought it cause it was cheap. Think it will work ok? Thanks in advance.
I've never tried it, I normally stick with turbos. I'm now moving into the mashing world so will be using normal bakers yeast. I guess if it's a bakers yeast, it'll be just fine.
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It will work great for rum only (generally speaking). like tater said do some research, expecially on the home distiller site in his sig... Also dont expect any turbo wash like ferments, it will take longer than most specialty yeasts, but the final product will taste good.... it also has limited alcohol tolerences, so read more and figure out your max sg before pitching the yeast.
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If I can add alittle to what the moron and peachey said...
Bakers yeast like Fleishmans works fine, but like everyother yeast it has limitations and specific characteristics. It has about a 10 to 12% alcohol tolerance. Thats low compared to some, but its also just right for some techniques. It has its own unique flavor profile. Turbos, in my opinion have a uniquely crappy flavor profile. Some really bad flavors come from turbos. Bakers yeast is pretty non offensive in my experience. Other yeasts have their own unique flavor profile. I think this is a HUGE topic... Try reading the websites of a few yeast suppliers...
Don't let the price fool you though, you can grow out a little 59 cent pack of ec 1118 or any other yeast into about any quantity you want.
Bakers yeast like Fleishmans works fine, but like everyother yeast it has limitations and specific characteristics. It has about a 10 to 12% alcohol tolerance. Thats low compared to some, but its also just right for some techniques. It has its own unique flavor profile. Turbos, in my opinion have a uniquely crappy flavor profile. Some really bad flavors come from turbos. Bakers yeast is pretty non offensive in my experience. Other yeasts have their own unique flavor profile. I think this is a HUGE topic... Try reading the websites of a few yeast suppliers...
Don't let the price fool you though, you can grow out a little 59 cent pack of ec 1118 or any other yeast into about any quantity you want.
If it is anything like Red Star's active dry bakers yeast, it will work great for just about anything.
I use Red Star, and I usually get somewhere between 12%-14%, and the product taste great.
I use it for Rum, and Fruit, a couple experimental batches, and a couple sugar washes. All of them have turned out fine, and fermented out in 2 weeks or less.
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I use Red Star, and I usually get somewhere between 12%-14%, and the product taste great.
I use it for Rum, and Fruit, a couple experimental batches, and a couple sugar washes. All of them have turned out fine, and fermented out in 2 weeks or less.
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I used Fleischmann's yeast before with an apple mash, it worked just fine. I used to use it for homemade wines all the time too. It really likes and works well with any fruit. Like the other said you won't get the high alcohol like you will with a turbo, but you'll probably get a better tasting product with less conjurers and esters and other nasties.
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I've used Fleischmann's bakers yeast from the get go. Living in a small town I've got to use what I can get and that was it. Since you're going to distill out the alcohol anyway the yeast won't come into play as much for the flavor of the finished product as they do in beer or wine.
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yep
you can use fleischmann's, or you can just let your container sit open for a few hours and harvest natural yeast from the air.
that's how the moonshiners did it, and they'd only add a packet of yeast in cold temps to jumpstart fermentation.
that's how the moonshiners did it, and they'd only add a packet of yeast in cold temps to jumpstart fermentation.
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must of taken forever to fermentUncle Jesse wrote:you can use fleischmann's, or you can just let your container sit open for a few hours and harvest natural yeast from the air.
that's how the moonshiners did it, and they'd only add a packet of yeast in cold temps to jumpstart fermentation.
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Six to seven days in hot weather without adding yeast.Captin Moron wrote:must of taken forever to fermentUncle Jesse wrote:you can use fleischmann's, or you can just let your container sit open for a few hours and harvest natural yeast from the air.
that's how the moonshiners did it, and they'd only add a packet of yeast in cold temps to jumpstart fermentation.
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That's awsome info. Thanks. I'm new here so forgive me if I'm not posting this properly. I'm interested in some education on yeast and the how toos. I can't find much info but you mentioned checking the suppliers sites. Any other directions you could point me for some reading would be helpful.junkyard dawg wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:09 pm If I can add alittle to what the moron and peachey said...
Bakers yeast like Fleishmans works fine, but like everyother yeast it has limitations and specific characteristics. It has about a 10 to 12% alcohol tolerance. Thats low compared to some, but its also just right for some techniques. It has its own unique flavor profile. Turbos, in my opinion have a uniquely crappy flavor profile. Some really bad flavors come from turbos. Bakers yeast is pretty non offensive in my experience. Other yeasts have their own unique flavor profile. I think this is a HUGE topic... Try reading the websites of a few yeast suppliers...
Don't let the price fool you though, you can grow out a little 59 cent pack of ec 1118 or any other yeast into about any quantity you want.
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Ps. The reason I'm asking is those sites offer info for baking mostly. And I'm not educated in this field enough to know if there is direct correlation between baking and fermenting corn mash. I'm guessing they are not the same.
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Re: yeast
Bradster,Bradster68 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:14 pm.. I'm new here… I'm interested in some education on yeast … Any other directions you could point me for some reading would be helpful … is (there a) direct correlation between baking and fermenting corn mash...
Do you realize this thread was active 15 years ago? I’m sure that some of the correspondents have “moved on”. In fact, I know a few have “passed”.
Anyway, here’s a link to a starting point for you: https://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/Yeast
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Oh. Dam. Sorry didn't realize. Still trying to figure out how things are laid out. My bad. Thanks for the info,and the link.
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Not the first time a zombie thread got resurrected, and won't be the last!Bradster68 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:10 pm Oh. Dam. Sorry didn't realize. Still trying to figure out how things are laid out. My bad. Thanks for the info,and the link.
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