What’s in turbo yeast?

[berdar]

I have absolutely no plans to use it, first of all.

As I’m reading, I find myself wondering what’s in it. Is it a common strain of yeast with a ton of nutrients or is it a special fast fermenting yeast?

[Boozewaves]

I have never used it as its vilified here .

its both things you said but mainly

Is it a common strain of yeast with a ton of nutrients

, my dry active distillers yeast I order and use (DADY) quotes in their description "please note this is not a turbo yeast and contains no nutrients .........make your own turbo yeast using these yeasts and our yeast nutrient - vitanutrients"

it goes on to say this

so we can deduce from this , if I put nearly 3 times the amount of yeast I would use to get a decent (in my opinion) UJSSM or shady's into a 6 gallon fermenter and some extra nutrients that i'm sure they would be happy to sell me i'd have a "turbo yeast" and i'd get a 20% abv wash and it would ferment quickly .

but it would probably taste terrible distilled , again never used turbo yeast so cannot say from experience but I have read going for to high of an ABV in the wash will make it not taste pleasant and I have had good results making washes where the starting gravity was 1.07 so I have no reason to doubt this , it may take longer than 24 hours but it will be better without stressed yeast .for the record the other suggestion they say on the attached image is probably shit too , stick to a tried and true recipe here to make something good and safe to drink

it seems like advertising hype too calling it "turbo yeast" making people think of a fast car thats fun to drive (thats what I think of when I hear turbo anyway) it sounds good on paper doesnt it , "high potency" , "extreme alcohol technology" and all the things they put in the advert , even making it seem awesome by calling it names like double snake or whatever . the people selling this stuff are not drinking it if they actually distill . yes it will create strong alcohol but it won't be any good from what I understand . may be good for ethanol as fuel for machines where the taste is not at all important and all that counts is potency
hope this helps

[berdar]

Thanks Boozewaves!

That’s pretty much what I was thinking. It’s not a special strain, it’s just a lot of yeast and nutrients.


Thank you!