ARTISAN EXTREME 20, 30 liters at a time.


"timmy" <"timothy at open-networks.net"> wrote in message 
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> Mad Jack RACKHAM wrote:
>> Help
>>
>> I started screwing around with my turbo yeast and sugar receipe.  I used 
>> 30 liters water, 9 kilos Demerra sugar and 1 package of turbo yeast.  It 
>> has been 17 days and I only have 2% alcohol.  The reaction seems to be 
>> happening but very, very slowly.  I added 2 cups of regular sugar today 
>> and my bucket foamed over right away so I am assuming my yeast is still 
>> active.  I placed the bucket closer to the furnace to up the temp a bit.
>>
>> Any help or suggestions?
>
> what brand of turbo? most turbo's only cope with 25L batchs. any larger 
> and they over heat. your batch is 40L, you might find it's either burnt 
> out of it's going to take 2x as long because of the low size of your 
> pitch.
> also take no notice of the claims of %15 in 7 days. i've never EVER seen 
> them achieve this. it's more like 12% in 10 days at best.