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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?

I have never used it as its vilified here .

its both things you said but mainly

berdar wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 5:44 am 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

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!