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Turbo Yeasts for home distillers first developed in the early 1990's in Scandinavia. The idea was to ferment the base for home distilling quickly and to high alcohol levels. A parallell to superyeasts are the High Alcohol Kits used mainly in the UK to ferment up to just under 20% alcohol. This base is then often flavoured into liqueurs or low alcohol spirits like Gin, Rum, Whisky, Vodka etc. Actually, there is not a big difference. The high alcohol kit is basically a superyeast with some extra finings and flavourings. For those of you who want to experiment yourselves with essences, a Turbo Yeast is a much cheaper alternative even if you do not distill your spirit. You may have problems with the finings though, some yeast strains used in superyeasts are a nightmare to clear properly and that is why high alcohol kits often have 3-stage wine finings plus activated carbon to deal with the clearing. And of course...for those of you who actually do distill, well Alcotec will provide you with the base alcohol faster and with a higher alcohol level than you have ever experienced before. It may be worth reading through our sections with turbo yeast tips and general winemaking tips for wine fermentations to fine tune your procedures and make the best use of your equipment. More superyeast historyThe first simple product was the Fermactin (and not "Superjasten" which often is claimed to be first), a liquid nutrient / dry wineyeast version from Norway. Shortly thereafter the 2-sachet dry type was invented and finally around 1994, the first single sachet product, the Turbo3 (still one of the best turbo's available) was launched by Vinland (part of the Hambleton Bard group today) in Sweden and Norway. |
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| ALCOTEC 6: 25 LITRES - 14% - 3 DAYS
This Turbo Yeast will ferment up to 14% alcohol in only 3 days. Use it where speed is essential. Alcotec 6 is the world market leader of 3-day turbo's. It is available in two versions, the normal and the Alcotec Gold with some differencies in the recipes. ALCOTEC 8: 25 LITRES - 20% - 5 DAYSWill ferment up to 20% alcohol in only 5 days. It will be a bit more sensitive to high temperatures than Alcotec 6 so choose this if you are aiming at high alcohol and can keep your surrounding temperature below 25 C or so. ALCOTEC 24: 25 LITRES - 14% - 1 DAY (!!) Check out our new additions here: www.turbo-yeast.biz. You will find Alcotec 24 - the true 24-hour turbo yeast here plus the Alcotec 48, the new temperature tolerant dual purpose turbo. Most news will be presented on this site so if you're into turbo's, check there first! |
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