SuperYeast X-Press Instruction
These instructions by Me
Buddy’s Brew Shop may or may not be exactly has recommended by the
manufacturer but have been applied to this product with very good results.
Making alcohol up to 20 % is not very difficult if you have some basic
equipment and good ingredients. Read through all instructions first.
Equipment:
You will need a food grade container large enough to hold at
least 30 litres (with a lid) for the fermentation, a long stirring spoon,
thermometer and a hydrometer (type used in beer and wine making).
Other equipment used to produce a much cleaner alcohol may be bought or
rented include Carbon Snake or Wine Filter with carbon packed
filter pads.
Note: Plastic garbage cans though cheap may not be safe to brew any alcoholic
beverages in, use proper brewing equipment available at your Home-Brewing
Supply store.
Ingredients:
The ingredients needed are 8 kg. of regular table sugar (4 bags) 1 pkg.
of SuperYeast X-Press (135g.) And 1 pkg. of SuperKleer fining
(used to settle out the yeast sediment once fermentation is complete)
Cleaning: All your brewing equipment should be clean from visible dirt and
sanitized with a solution of Sodium Metabisulfite before using.
Mixing:
You need to dissolve 8 kg. of sugar in your large plastic container. The
easiest way to do this is to add all your sugar to the container first, then
add about 2 gallons (8-9 litres) of very hot water. Stir until sugar is
dissolved. Once sugar is completely dissolved, add water to fill your container
to the 25 litre mark (alternating between cold and warm water) until you
end up with 25 litres at a temperature of about 80 degrees F. Add the SuperYeast
X-Press and stir vigorously for one minute. Place cover on your container
loosely.
Fermentation:
The fermentation temperature is best at 75 degrees F. If you
cannot keep this temperature constant with a thermostat 24 hours a day, then
use a Brew Belt.(Brew Belts are designed to keep your fermentation at a
healthy temperature) Within a few hours you will see fermentation has started.
Each day for the first 3 days, using a sanitized stirring spoon you may stir up
the solution, rousing the yeast (not absolutely necessary, but it seems to
speed fermentation.) It will take approximately 1 week for fermentation to
complete. A couple of days sooner or a week longer is not unusual. Using your
hydrometer you can check if fermentation is completed. If all sugars are
converted to alcohol you should see a reading on the hydrometer of about .990
- .980. (See instruction sheet includeed with your hydrometer.) If the
reading on the hydrometer is showing 1.000 or higher, allow to ferment a few
more days.
Note: When taking a hydrometer reading, make sure you sanitize it before
taking a reading. Give the hydrometer a little spin to dislodge any gas bubbles
clinging to it to get a more accurate reading.
Sedimentation:
Once fermentation is complete the heavier yeast sediment will settle to
the bottom on its own, but to speed up this process we add a fining agent (SuperKleer)
This is a 2 part fining (instructions on its use are printed on it) used to
settle out the finer sediment and ready the alcohol for Carbon Filtration.
Just before adding the SuperKleer it is best to syphon the alcohol off the
heavy sediment, clean out fermenter, then return alcohol to fermenter add
Potassium Sorbate (2 ˝ tsp) and Sodium Metabisulfite (˝ tsp) (These 2
ingredients will preserve and stabilize your alcohol, same way as you do for
Winemaking) and stir 2-3 times a day for
2 days (this is to de-gas the alcohol. De-Gassing allows the fining to settle
out the sediment un-interrupted ) after de-gassing then add the Superkleer
fining (small packet first, wait at least 1 hour, then add larger packet.)
Note: Even though it states on the packaging that it will clear in 12 - 48
hours, allow it to settle for 7 - 10 days for best results. This will
allow the carbon filtration done later, to leave you with a much cleaner
tasting alcohol.
Note: If using a brew belt during fermentation remove once fermentation is
complete and alcohol de-gassed, Temperatures below 70 degrees F. will help with
sedimentation.
Note: A common mistake that people will make is interrupting the Sedimentation process by racking (syphoning)
the alcohol off the sediment before the SuperKleer has had a chance to properly
clear. It is VERY important to allow at least 7 -10 days for
SuperKleer to do what it was intended to do.
Once the alcohol has cleared sufficiently, you can Syphon carefully (avoid
transferring any sediment at this point) the alcohol to another sanitized
container. Once off the sediment your alcohol is now ready for Filtration.
Note: At this stage you may notice that the alcohol as a yellow or green color
to it, this is normal. Filtration removes it.
Filtration: This is the last step to making your alcohol. For
people familiar with filtering wine, they know that the wine filter will polish
their wine and remove the very fine particles of yeast. We are doing the same
thing with our 20 % alcohol also, but instead of using a standard wine filter
pad, we use carbon filter pads. These pads not only remove the fine sediment,
but will also absorb most of the color, flavours and odors that are present in
the alcohol after fermentation.(yeasty tastes and haze).
Note: For full instructions using the wine filter method see your Home-Brew
Supply store.
Note: Another way to filter your alcohol is by using the Carbon Snake. This
filter uses granular carbon in a tube which your alcohol slowly soaks through.
This method is much slower, but efficient in absorbing off tastes from your
alcohol. For more instructions on using the Carbon Snake, see your Home-Brew
Supply store.
Total time for making your 20 + litres of 20 % alcohol is just 2-3
weeks. Cost of making it is about $1.00-$1.50 per 26 oz size bottle!
There are many ways to use your alcohol. There are more than 40 extract
flavours of commercial type liqueurs available, it can be added to slush
instead of using vodka, it may be blended with commercial type alcohol like Rum
and Whiskey or you may like it on its own with some fresh or frozen fruit
concentrate.
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Revised
Dec/08