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Turbo Yeast and bacterial infections |
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High alcohol turbo yeasts are more sensitive in general than the normal 3-day, 14% type. One infection we have seen with Alcotec 8 is the "wallpaper glue". It is very unusual but here's what to do if it happens. In some cases when a certain type of bacteria is present (in your house, room, taps, pipes etc) it can infect the wash and start converting the sugar into "long-string" sugar type molecules. If it happens, it will happen early in fermentation and since these molecules are unfermentable you will get a very low amount of alcohol. You can not save the infected brew. If this happens, you know this bacteria is around. You can not get rid of it. One way we found it got into a brew was when there was a lot of froth, foaming over the edge of the fermenter - especially if left that way for a while. If you know that you had this problem, this is probably how your brew got infected. Next time - wipe it clean and try to prevent foaming. It can also help to just move the brew to another room, use another tap for water (and obviously sterilise all equipment well, goes without saying) etc but if none of these tricks work there is no way out. You will have to resort to Alcotec 6 which is less sensitive. |
Hambleton Bard is the leading manufacturer of turbo yeast in the world. We are present in the Scandinavian market through our Swedish subsidiary and this is where the turbo yeast boom started in the early 90's. We manufacture some 15 different brands - most of them for Sweden and Norway. Our international brand - Alcotec - is sold in many countries today, it is the most established turboyeast brand in the world. We cover all varieties - high alcohol, fast, superfast (would you believe us if we said 24 hours? Its true - The Alcotec 24 is the most extreme turbo the world ever have seen).
Our expertise does not stop there. We have a very solid knowledge of fermentation technology in general and this has resulted in revolutionary products like the 9-day wine kit, the 7-day, the 5-day and ultimately the 1-day wine kit. We also produce high alcohol kits, both for homemade liqueur and for home made wines.
If you have any homebrew problems that are not covered on these pages - feel free to email us (see contact page for email addresses) and tell us about them. If your problem is of general interest we will include a page in our tips section.
