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This makes the best hooch. I make wine from juice concentrate from time to time because it's fun to experiment with something cheap like juice concentrate to hold me over while my good wine/mead/cider ages. In the quest to find a recipe that produces something strong and drinkable in the shortest amount of time I started looking into distiller's yeast. It makes sense; this stuff is meant to make a quick and crazy high ABV, which was what I was going for. I figured for $10 I would switch it out with my usual slow fermenting champagne yeast and give it a shot and I'm so glad that I did. I drink this stuff while it's still bubbling and it tastes great and it definitely gets the job done. I've also let it sit and turn my hooch into rocket fuel, which is still pretty tasty if you're in the mood and it DEFINITELY gets the job done. Haven't tried to age the rocket fuel yet, but that'd be a fun experiment. All things equal I'd narrowly take champagne yeast concentrate wine over DADY, but all things are not equal and this it way quicker/higher ABV.
Per gallon: 2 cans juice concentrate (I like apple or grape juice but I've literally closed my eyes in the concentrate frozen section and grabbed two random cans and it turned out decent, experiment/have fun with it, just don't do orange juice), 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 1 tsp of this yeast. Add the concentrate and sugar to an old Carlo Rossi gallon wine jug (if you don't have one go buy one and drink it all). Fill most of the way with warm water, but don't fill it above the handle or it'll foam out when it's fermenting. Shake until the sugar dissolves. Get a cup of about 100 degree water (warm/hot but colder than a shower) and add the yeast and a pinch or two of sugar. Stir and let it sit for about ten minutes until it's nice and foamy, then pour it in. I cover it with a CLEAN sock and a hairband or rubber band to keep bugs out and allow air in. After a couple days you can add an airlock but I usually don't bother. Taste and drink as much as you want, I usually start slowly drinking it at about four days in.
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I'm very upset with this yeast. Wasted time and money. To the right is an activated bakers yeast and to the left is Red Star DADY. Clearly the yeast is weak. The pictures represent the differences in yeast activity. Please send new batch or full refund.
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Don't Buy This DADY Yeast ! " ZERO FERMENTATION " EXPIRED, OLD, DEAD, YEAST ! Lot # 19943/2
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020
I purchased this DADY Yeast and the Nutrient and got No Fermentation ! Mixed this stuff as recommended with hot water at 110 degrees F with sugar and let it sit for 30 min. and Nothing, Zero Fermentation ! This Yeast is Dead ! No Activity ! I tried it in a gallon of apple juice with 4 cups of sugar added for a week and still Nothing! This stuff been sitting on a shelf for too long !!! " OLD DEAD YEAST " Warning Do Not Buy ! Waste Of Money ! AMAZON WILL NOT ACCEPT RETURN ON THIS ITEM !!! ATTENTION AMAZON I EXPECT A REFUND FOR THIS USELESS PRODUCT OR AT THE VERY LEAST A REPLACEMENT OF ITEM !!! with FRESH NEW DADY YEAST! NO MORE OLD YEAST!
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020
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