i got a question.. i want to drink mine asap... i read that the majority of the alcohol is made in the first 5 days.. it said 70 percent is made in the first 3 days...
my problem is.. the fucking thing is to cloudy from yeast since its not done.. anyone know if freezing it will clear the wine?
i could care fucking less about the taste n shit.. im an angry slave and just want cheap booze... fuck the tax man
Sir,i been watching lots processes of wine making,and when they use to put yeast they put same packet in 19 gallon wine and same 2,litre,or 4 litre ect but no one tell about how much gram or a packet we suppose to use litre or gallon.And shall we use bakking yeast cus we have,nt got wine yeast,s in Pakistan.
I'm not trying to be a prick here, but, it actually does matter what kind of juice you use when making wine. You must look at the labeling to see that it's missing three things: artificial coloring, artificial flavoring and preservatives. If the juice has any of those, forget about it. Be careful because some juice may be from the same brand and appear to have the same fruit content, but may contain additives or preservatives. Btw, I think this is the best vid on how to make cheap wine on YT. :)
The whole process made with just one jar........not carboy, or any other usually required tools needed. I would like to try a taste test.......could be asgood as Boones farm or Thunderbird!
@torchidman It is. I make it all the time. The more you try it, too, the better you get. I think I could literally sell some of the stuff I've made. It's delicious. And $3/4L. Hard to beat that
your amazing dude, but a serious question. what juice works the best as in what flavour? ive heard orange is good too. and a second question, if say grape juice is good for example, which brand is the best?
@ianuprising any juice works fine. Grape is a delicious, obviously, but different berry flavors are nice. I like strawberry. One thing to watch out for though, make sure your juice contains no preservatives, namely sulphites. That'll kill your yeast and end the fermentation before it really gets started. I made that mistake once and only realized when I'd ruined about 4 gallons of wine.
What I want to know is how do you know how much sugar u need to add to the juice. Also can I use baking yeast? if so how much of it should I use? My yeast is in a jar so I just need to know how much to measure. so many grams of yeast for so many pints/ounces of juice.
@kennythecooldude IT'S NOT LEGAL FOR MINORS TO BE MAKING THIS STUFF BUT WHAT YOU DO IN YOU OWN HOME IS UR BUSINESS ALSO IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR MINORS TO BUY YEAST AND JUICE SO I SAY GO FOR IT KID
HAIL and prayeses to this man and his video. i am racking out my 2nd red and am about to rack out a white. I used grape juice from wal-mart. i also used corn suger it seams to clear faster than regular suger. my wife and i are going to a wine fest on july 17 and i plan on taking this wine with us. my first red iused brewers yeast. it came out o.k. but the wine yeast is much better. thanks again.
Sanitized, not sterilized. Big difference. The loose top is a bad idea. A condom or balloon is better. The loose top allows air transfer in and that's why you saw the grunge.
mine cleard early and has a good tast to it. it was strong on sunday when i racked it out. it has mellowed and cleard it's tuesday night 6-15-2010.i racked it out on 6-13-2010.i like it and am going to try a white grape juice next. thanks for the post.i also used corn suger that could be why it cleard so quick!!??
sanitation is the #1 thing in doing anything with any kind of brew. i'm not knocking you just saying. your hooch came out good mine is due to be racked out tommarow or next sunday fathersday. if this works out i'm going to try white grape juce next. to have some white to go with my red. lol i'm just a wine nut he he
i did this,right. left if for about a week at the start. poured it into another bottle, then poured it back into the bottle and did a taste test. Its a lil bit sour but other than that its very good. Although its really cloudy.
my question is, how do you know how much sugar to put in at the start?
If you have the yeast in it it gets you more fucked up, so i just drink the dead yeast to... Another thing if you put the bottle nexted to a heater vent it will fement faster and half the time.
first video i actually got nice im trying it a little difrent and hoping it works but im trying to make it so you dont need the yeast cuz thats the hardest ingredant to cum by
just go to any grocery store and look in the baking isle...yeast is actually very cheap. the only problem is it is always hiding in the baking section.lol. and the sweet thing is you can use any kind of yeast. i usually use the highly active bread yeast.its only about a dollar for a three pack of it.
dude. u rock. seriously. and yer other way to make wine looked cool too. i got a question: my mom told me my step dad used to make wine out of sheep sours (they're like sour clovers) i havent seen a video about it anywhere. do you know how?
im making some right now with bakers yeast and grape juice ill let u no if it tastes good i think i screwed it up tho cuz the yeast was bubbing on the top and i spilled some out but idk
One packet works for up to 5 gallons. It doesn't really matter since yeast multiplies every 20 mins or so. I suppose yu could get away with using half a packet or something, granted this might slow down your fermentation peiod a bit.
I tried this, the first time it was quite nice and I drank it over two nights but the second one tasted sour. I ve had it for a bout six weeks now, will it still be ok to drink?
I did that before. I made up some sugar wine and added the koolaid afterward to avoid having my yeast killed off by the preservatives. It was alright.
Yeah, I was surprised by how tough yeast was when I started brewing. Everyone made it sound like every other batch never takes off, or becomes completely taken over by foreign bacteria. I've used lees that had been sitting in the bottom of an empty jug for 4 weeks to start another brew.
Thanks for posting this vid. Tried it using baking yeast and worked great. Let it sit with a balloon on for 3 weeks. I ordered wine yeast and will try soon. I read on a forum that you can just put a small amount of yeast in the 2 liter container, he said enough to cover a dime. Does this sound right? This would save my wine yeast when making these small batches.
Cool vid, i wonder what if i make wine with less juice and more sugar and yeast? will it ferment faster? i mean like 4 - 5 days? will the alc rate increase?
@wykedtube I've been using regular bread yeast, not rapid rise, and I have not had any problems with it. I've tested it at 13%. But with bread yeast, you will get a yeasty taste, but you can use gelatin to clear the wine and it gets rid of the yeasty taste. But, I do agree with you, wine yeast is better, but for cheap wine, regular bread yeast is a lot cheaper.
You can't get it much higher than 22% without distilling it. Since alcohol is sort of like yeast piss,it can only tolerate living in just so much. (So yeah,he said 14%)
hey im making some out of apple juice i got from the store, and i couldnt get ahold of wine yeast, so i just used highly active bakers yeast lol, and my airlock is a condom with a hole in it, haha, but my main question is how long it will roughly take to ferment? i also added 3/4 of a cup of sugar.
thanks, I do think it is worth getting wine yeast. also I believe (and I could be completely wrong). that you can get champaign yeast and it produces a higher al content.
don't know. a guess and this is just wild speculation. the yeast uses oxygen to breed, so in a jar there is more surface area for the wine to get oxygen from and larger area for the co2 to vent. so might just be that it breeds up faster and uses all the food faster so then dies dies and falls to the bottom faster. could also be temp, luck, yeast breed etc...
thanks...I let the initial fermentation happen in the original juice bottle and then rack it into old glass wine bottles...some surplus wine left over was put into wide glass jars with lids and it did seem to clear up much faster than what was in the bottles...just an observation :) Just having some good fun with all this and saving lots of money :)
interesting. for "professional" wines you place the wine into a secondary with a narrow neck to avoid as much contact with the air as possible. contact with the air causes oxidisation and is susposed to affect the taste.
but i'm into simple and easy, might try something a little more complex one day, but while the wines come out OK and are cheap, that is all I care about.
just deciding on my next batch now. been a little distracted with home rennovations recently.
WYKEDTUBE, question: I have noticed that letting the wine settle in a jar with lid seems to clear up the clouding much faster than storing in bottle. It seems to de-cloud in 2-5 days in a jar instead of 2-4 weeks as in a bottle. Is there any reason for this?? Is it because of more surface air pressure? I know the lesser contact with air the better, yet the wine out of the jar tastes great and is powerpacked & makes my whole head tingle with first drink. Maybe someone else can experiment & post!
Alcohol Can't be Made without yeast! As yeast basicly eat sugar, burps C02 (carbon dioxide) and poops alcohol. making some Hooch with Juicy Juice and some sugar and honey.. not to much, did not have wine yeast just used bread yeast and put a ballon over the opening, its going crasy!
not sure about that one, I usually am not too worried about al content as I always aim for 14% any more than that and I personally find the wine to be too al for my taste.
ok i tried it with rapid rise yeast (frome wal-mart) and it is fermenting nicely. i found out that most yeast works....not as well as wine yeast, but it does the trick. thx 4 the demonstration and CHEERS!!
I dunno, In australia you need to get it from a special home brew shop. although i think some of the really big stores might have some home brew things but usually beer.
i have to use quick rise yeast how long does it take for the wine to be alcoholic and drinkable? i dont really want to wait the full 30 days and u said something about 10 days.
i suspose you could drink it in 10 days, just the fermentation process might not have finished, all that will happen is you will have a less al wine that will be sweeter, and might be cloudy. as for quick rise yeast, you are really much better off using wine yeast.
The Science of Winemaking: The gas bubbles is the yeast farts, the yeast converting the sugar into alcohol is the yeast pee, and the sediment on the bottom is the yeast poop and also the dead yeast which drop to the bottom having died of alcohol poisening. Yeast is a fungus so you are trying to drink the best, clearest fungus pee you can get :) This is the science of winemaking in words the layman can easily understand. CHEERS! :)
Are there any benefits to using pure cane sugar rather than sugar beets sugar? Should we only use 100% juices or are the juices with high fructose corn syrup also ok to use?
YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR! I just used C&H pure Cane sugar and it really changed the flavor of my concord Welch's wine...just the regular sugar beet sugar tastes the best, although the pure cane c&h sugar wine with welch's REALLY buzzed me good...Maybe it's ALL good :)
Keep posting here on youtube, we need all the good info we can get :)
for this method, i was using the lid as an air lock, just stopping the wild yeast getting in and allowing the air out. it is not the best, but very simple.
the first 10 days makes the al, the next month ads flavour and some more al and the wine clears.
the correct way is for the first 10 days to have access to oxygen, and the rest to not have access to oxgyen.
so for first 10 days should have a wide necked bottle. and the rest of the time in a narrow necked bottle.
will it work if I put a tube on the top of the bottle with duck tape and the end of the tube in a glass of water?The gaz will go out(blubbles) and oxygen cant get in.
yep, for this method all you want to do is to stop wild yeast getting in. that is all the airlock is for. you would prob even get away with putting duct tape on the top and putting a small pin hole in it. (as long as the duct tape isn't toxic).you cannot seal the bottle as the pressure will build and causing it to explode all you want is for some way for the air to get out but not in (easily).
the ammount of sugar you need to add depends on the sugar in the juice to start with. and the target al content. you should aim for about 14% al content more than and the yeast will die from al poisioning.
the basic formula is.
1 litre wine @ 14%al needs 300g sugar.
you need to consider how much wine there is, and how much sugar there already is in the juice.
I use manufacturer's cents off coupons to buy my Welch's Grape Juice and that makes up for the cost of the wine yeast. Also, FREE paper funnels are readily available at your local convenience stores on the automotive products shelf :)
good thinking. you can also recycle the yeast. just keep a little of the sediment add it to some sugary water and that will keep the yeast alive. but remember the yeast mutates so after a while the taste will not be so good.
no point, after about 16-18%the yeast gets drunk and dies anyway. then you end up with a sweet wine that might explode in the bottle as there is still residule sugar left.
So tonight I bought a small bottle of white wine to compare with the wine I fermented over last winter, according to your directions. The wine I made was far superior in taste and smell. I could smell sulphur in the commercial stuff and the taste isn't as smooth as the homebrew. I did not use any of the metabisulphates, since I wanted to produce wine as naturally as possible. Great directions, BTW. Thanks.
no worries, the commercial guys have to make volumes and volumes so they need to use every trick to shorten the cycle, increase yield etc. Nothing wrong with that. But it can lead to a less than optium taste.
The home brew is often not only cheaper but better tasting (than a low cost wine anyway).
its better to use a siphoning hose compared to pouring it, pouring mixed oxygen into it and fucks it up
Sn0manX 2 weeks ago
i didn't spill any.. do i have to start over?
i got a question.. i want to drink mine asap... i read that the majority of the alcohol is made in the first 5 days.. it said 70 percent is made in the first 3 days...
my problem is.. the fucking thing is to cloudy from yeast since its not done.. anyone know if freezing it will clear the wine?
i could care fucking less about the taste n shit.. im an angry slave and just want cheap booze... fuck the tax man
MaTchBoOkPoEt 3 weeks ago
Sir,i been watching lots processes of wine making,and when they use to put yeast they put same packet in 19 gallon wine and same 2,litre,or 4 litre ect but no one tell about how much gram or a packet we suppose to use litre or gallon.And shall we use bakking yeast cus we have,nt got wine yeast,s in Pakistan.
TheMahabally 2 months ago
At a 1.04 sics he ripped ass lol
TheKillerbear420 2 months ago
The cheapest way to make wine is to make wine with some sweetened tea.You need to add a little yeast nutriuent when you make it that way
Gunnarsguns 2 months ago
I've been doing this with big jugs of apple juice for quite some time now. :) Great job.
lysergiclnightshade 4 months ago
Sub to me :)
TheMovieMan91 4 months ago
Mate, you're a fucking legend... now I won't have to get shitty goon ;)
RetroLPer 6 months ago
I'm not trying to be a prick here, but, it actually does matter what kind of juice you use when making wine. You must look at the labeling to see that it's missing three things: artificial coloring, artificial flavoring and preservatives. If the juice has any of those, forget about it. Be careful because some juice may be from the same brand and appear to have the same fruit content, but may contain additives or preservatives. Btw, I think this is the best vid on how to make cheap wine on YT. :)
TenderTrap86 7 months ago
How convenient!
The whole process made with just one jar........not carboy, or any other usually required tools needed. I would like to try a taste test.......could be asgood as Boones farm or Thunderbird!
torchidman 9 months ago
@torchidman It is. I make it all the time. The more you try it, too, the better you get. I think I could literally sell some of the stuff I've made. It's delicious. And $3/4L. Hard to beat that
losermonster 9 months ago
another question, when making this, does it make a huge or small odour, or none at all?
ianuprising 10 months ago
your amazing dude, but a serious question. what juice works the best as in what flavour? ive heard orange is good too. and a second question, if say grape juice is good for example, which brand is the best?
ianuprising 10 months ago
@ianuprising any juice works fine. Grape is a delicious, obviously, but different berry flavors are nice. I like strawberry. One thing to watch out for though, make sure your juice contains no preservatives, namely sulphites. That'll kill your yeast and end the fermentation before it really gets started. I made that mistake once and only realized when I'd ruined about 4 gallons of wine.
losermonster 9 months ago
@kennythecooldude Bread yeast will not make very good wine, and no its not legal for minors to make alcohol
Adol666 10 months ago
What I want to know is how do you know how much sugar u need to add to the juice. Also can I use baking yeast? if so how much of it should I use? My yeast is in a jar so I just need to know how much to measure. so many grams of yeast for so many pints/ounces of juice.
dwillisfly1 10 months ago
jesus its amazing how easy it is to make alcohol at home and whats also amazing is how drunk i can get for dam cheap!
i love this guy hes amazing!!
mechreports1 11 months ago
is that juice that you can drink out of the bottle or do you have to mix it with water?
nr1O29 1 year ago
@nr1O29 all the comments stopped as soon as i asked something.
nr1O29 1 year ago
@nr1O29 try it out
if its too strong for you mix it with some grape juice
the guy in the video seemed to think it is fine straight up
spartan8345 1 year ago
@spartan8345 thanks m8
nr1O29 1 year ago
@kennythecooldude IT'S NOT LEGAL FOR MINORS TO BE MAKING THIS STUFF BUT WHAT YOU DO IN YOU OWN HOME IS UR BUSINESS ALSO IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR MINORS TO BUY YEAST AND JUICE SO I SAY GO FOR IT KID
captonkush 1 year ago
He sounds so surprised when he tastes it. HA. I'm quite sure he was expecting a catastrophic fail.
chris98822 1 year ago 2
can i use regular yeast?
BrandurM 1 year ago
"ive been thinking, i do that from time to time" haha great vid man thanks
shawmasta 1 year ago
how did the wine tasted?
fordgurlz23 1 year ago
good way to make vinegar
marcjtdc 1 year ago
In this case, you don't have to be 21.
Vovk3 1 year ago
where do I go to get wine yeast and are there ages you have to be to get it???
MrWMDs14 1 year ago
now we know how Australian table wines are made
l33th0b0 1 year ago
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MultiJoan1988 1 year ago
do you have to be 21 to buy wine yeast?
jeffycat6667 1 year ago
@jeffycat6667
No.
Specify your country.
Vovk3 1 year ago
@Vovk3 U.S.A
jeffycat6667 1 year ago
@jeffycat6667
Some supermarkets in the US sell brewer's yeast for a reasonable price.
Vovk3 1 year ago
Too bad none of these questions are being answere.
19thepyrochilibean 1 year ago
HAIL and prayeses to this man and his video. i am racking out my 2nd red and am about to rack out a white. I used grape juice from wal-mart. i also used corn suger it seams to clear faster than regular suger. my wife and i are going to a wine fest on july 17 and i plan on taking this wine with us. my first red iused brewers yeast. it came out o.k. but the wine yeast is much better. thanks again.
ozzyslasher1970 1 year ago
Sanitized, not sterilized. Big difference. The loose top is a bad idea. A condom or balloon is better. The loose top allows air transfer in and that's why you saw the grunge.
kevjay777 1 year ago
made mine yesterday XD hope it works got 35 days for it to frement so i can have it on the day the carnival begins
cxcljohn 1 year ago
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cxcljohn 1 year ago
mine cleard early and has a good tast to it. it was strong on sunday when i racked it out. it has mellowed and cleard it's tuesday night 6-15-2010.i racked it out on 6-13-2010.i like it and am going to try a white grape juice next. thanks for the post.i also used corn suger that could be why it cleard so quick!!??
ozzyslasher1970 1 year ago
sanitation is the #1 thing in doing anything with any kind of brew. i'm not knocking you just saying. your hooch came out good mine is due to be racked out tommarow or next sunday fathersday. if this works out i'm going to try white grape juce next. to have some white to go with my red. lol i'm just a wine nut he he
ozzyslasher1970 1 year ago
great vid.i got the stuff i need and ihave brewers yest cause the home brew shop was closed. so i hope it comes out o.k.
ozzyslasher1970 1 year ago
dont you have to mix the bottle after you add the yeast, or does it not matter?
ricosuave12081989 1 year ago
Solid video.
TenderTrap86 1 year ago
when you tasted the wine, was that after you let it set for a month, or just after you had poured it back into the bottle?
xXkingPurpXx 1 year ago
How much alcohol i will get ,if i use normal yeast?
greengl13 1 year ago
after 10 days can i drink it?
1039PHIL 1 year ago
@1039PHIL
You drink it every day liek me... *hic* ;p
CleverDjembe 1 year ago
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can we use dry yeast ? i cant find wine yeast or bakers yeast ,,,,only dry yeast is available here in my country. plz help
johnhyater 1 year ago
i did this,right. left if for about a week at the start. poured it into another bottle, then poured it back into the bottle and did a taste test. Its a lil bit sour but other than that its very good. Although its really cloudy.
my question is, how do you know how much sugar to put in at the start?
johntothea 1 year ago
nice video
i gotta try making the grape wine again exept not try and drink it halfway through this time!!.
littlemac85r 1 year ago
If you have the yeast in it it gets you more fucked up, so i just drink the dead yeast to... Another thing if you put the bottle nexted to a heater vent it will fement faster and half the time.
TheGoldenEagle19 1 year ago
i'll be back in a few secs. *fade out and back with a huge mess on the counter*
valdezmiguel2 1 year ago 18
@valdezmiguel2 LOL actually. Im sitting here incubating my juice wine and trying not to laugh too hard so It doesn't spill out of the lid.
Tinsletooth 4 months ago
how can i make it stronger? like not neces. taste wise but stronger to make me drunker?!
94chevybabe 2 years ago
@94chevybabe
you can't. it gets to a certain alcohol concentration where the yeast can no longer survive, thus not producing any more alcohol.
Yeast can't survive in much higher concentration than that.
Kitschead 1 year ago
you need to use brewers yeast people.
fatsachs 2 years ago
why is it that some juices say no sugar added on the front..but under the nutritional facts it has a sugar amount...? Does it have sugar or not?
waxy45 2 years ago
.... you do know fruit has nature sugar in it.
nodogyougay48 2 years ago
haha because its NO SUGER ADDED, but fruit still makes its own suger and they tell you how much it produces :)
mrLunar530 2 years ago
dont you need a airlock
DrPott3r 2 years ago
will this make you drunk XD
coshyno 2 years ago
first video i actually got nice im trying it a little difrent and hoping it works but im trying to make it so you dont need the yeast cuz thats the hardest ingredant to cum by
soulbleeder1414 2 years ago
just go to any grocery store and look in the baking isle...yeast is actually very cheap. the only problem is it is always hiding in the baking section.lol. and the sweet thing is you can use any kind of yeast. i usually use the highly active bread yeast.its only about a dollar for a three pack of it.
KatatonicKrazyFace 2 years ago
You need yeast to make any kinda alcohol some people use brown bread to extract the yeast that alcohol is called hooch but it taste horrible.
nodogyougay48 2 years ago
dude. u rock. seriously. and yer other way to make wine looked cool too. i got a question: my mom told me my step dad used to make wine out of sheep sours (they're like sour clovers) i havent seen a video about it anywhere. do you know how?
igotapochahontas 2 years ago
i think this guy is from new zealand
zaboer4lewe 2 years ago
great vid! am trying this 4 fun. wish me luck. and i gotta admit, the australian accent is a major turn on! lol ;)
Megpie1983 2 years ago
wat fruit juice is good for wine making tahnsk for posting 5 stars
bowmasterpigo13 2 years ago
If You really want to make cheap wine make ``tea wine``
Gunnarsguns 2 years ago
i tried this about 2 months ago, and at the end the wine smelled rotton..
has anyone had a similar situation happen to them?
redbullbabe1 2 years ago
no. maybe some bad bacteria came in. try using a balloon with holes
zinfand7 2 years ago
I'm making some flavourless wine for party punch.
robdun 2 years ago
no lemon?
swiftjeff 2 years ago
I wonder can you use bread as a substitute for wine yeast or can I use beakers yeast.
robdun 2 years ago
`ive made wine using bread,it works but effects the taste a bit.Make sure your juice has NO preservatives in it.
Isismygoddess333 2 years ago
what happens if there are preservatives?
swiftjeff 2 years ago
it wont ferment
Isismygoddess333 2 years ago
im making some right now with bakers yeast and grape juice ill let u no if it tastes good i think i screwed it up tho cuz the yeast was bubbing on the top and i spilled some out but idk
amagsa2 2 years ago
yes
redbullbabe1 2 years ago
yes!! good quality of bakerz yeast will get da job done!!
artistdigital 2 years ago
where do i get wine yeast?
tynskic 2 years ago
you can just use a peice of bread but tear the crust off the put in the wine let it sit for 2 weeks and drink it
Durken316 2 years ago
The only place to get it is a wine making store. I live in Chicago so its easy to get. Bakers yeast from the store works fine too.
Yetiman0 2 years ago
Ebay... that's where I got mine, cheap too.
Toadphillips 2 years ago
ur the last one to figger that out
razzberry315 2 years ago
dude i fuckin love you man
lukeneville13 2 years ago 10
does anybody know if there is any methynol produced in this method
please reply
thehornyhedgehog24 2 years ago
nope just good clean drinkable ethenol =3
Joshuawahl 2 years ago
lol you spilled the fucking juice lmao
marcelb666 2 years ago
can i use normal yeast
psychobarnet 2 years ago
yea you can use normal yeast but the only thing is it wont be as much of a high alcohol content probobly like 20 proof
lukeneville13 2 years ago
dude just run it through a coffee filter !
stonerj0e 2 years ago
is there any special way of sterilizing (I can't spell) the bowl? or just wash it?
thetttttttttttt 2 years ago
couldn't you put it though a coffee filter?
redeyesthe20th 2 years ago
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TheNameIAlwaysWanted 2 years ago
I was wondering as well if that would work. Or maybe through a water filter (the brita jug kind)
TheNameIAlwaysWanted 2 years ago
can you drink it after the ten day period or do you have to wait a month
manmanethh 2 years ago
how much yeast do u put in if u have 100g of sugar and 500ml of juice?
kurbo2 3 years ago
One packet works for up to 5 gallons. It doesn't really matter since yeast multiplies every 20 mins or so. I suppose yu could get away with using half a packet or something, granted this might slow down your fermentation peiod a bit.
jebckr 3 years ago
I tried this, the first time it was quite nice and I drank it over two nights but the second one tasted sour. I ve had it for a bout six weeks now, will it still be ok to drink?
Troyster21 3 years ago
doesnt wine get better with age? As long as it was room temperature itll be fine i think.
pepsimaxx10 2 years ago
LOL i hope so
gary77777778888888 2 years ago
You should use coffe filters and filtrate out the dead yeast.
DailyGrower 3 years ago
Do you have any solutions for combating potassium sorbate preservative in cider to make it ferment?
MetallicMoment 3 years ago
What would be even cheaper would be to buy a two-three dollar bottle from a wine store. It would probably better tasting too.
However, that is cheating, and wouldn't be as fun!
Also-to avoid getting sediment into the final product, use a siphon and don't let the end hit the bottom.
manzilla86 3 years ago
Yeah, home brewing only really becomes cheaper when it's in large batches.
sittingbull09 3 years ago
well I make wine in 2 liter's that's a little more than 2 bottles of wine for about 2 dollars.
Toadphillips 3 years ago
In a 5 gallon batch it would probably be about 50 cents a bottle.
I'm not saying you shouldn't make your own, I'm just saying you can always find that bargain bin box o wine for 1.50.
sittingbull09 3 years ago
I could probably make 25 cents a bottle using koolaid of course. haha
And actually isn't that bad probably closest thing to wine koolers. You should try it out some time.
Toadphillips 3 years ago
I did that before. I made up some sugar wine and added the koolaid afterward to avoid having my yeast killed off by the preservatives. It was alright.
sittingbull09 3 years ago
I used it in the fermentation it worked fine.
I thought the koolaid would kill it too, but yeast must be some tough stuff.
Toadphillips 3 years ago
Yeah, I was surprised by how tough yeast was when I started brewing. Everyone made it sound like every other batch never takes off, or becomes completely taken over by foreign bacteria. I've used lees that had been sitting in the bottom of an empty jug for 4 weeks to start another brew.
sittingbull09 3 years ago
Hahahaha... he called cups grams.
gonzon22 3 years ago
I think you meant... "hahahahah... he called OUNCES grams."
Cups is not synonymous with grams.
manzilla86 3 years ago
1st: It was joking around.
2nd: Grams is a measurment of mass; Cups is a measurment of volume.
3rd: OUNCES are not synonymous for GRAMS. a synonym is a pair of words with the same meaning. They are conversions.
4th: The guy that made the vid didnt take me seriously... im not sure why you did.
great vid and hope you put more up. and im toasting you with my own homemade wine.
gonzon22 3 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this vid. Tried it using baking yeast and worked great. Let it sit with a balloon on for 3 weeks. I ordered wine yeast and will try soon. I read on a forum that you can just put a small amount of yeast in the 2 liter container, he said enough to cover a dime. Does this sound right? This would save my wine yeast when making these small batches.
realigloo 3 years ago
when you pour it into a bowl can u just strain it or what? and were can you get that speacial yeast and whats it called?
fizzy408 3 years ago
one question when the container is open like that is bacteria a problem. have you ever got really sick from making it this way
bask1990 3 years ago
i dont think anything goes in alchohol
fizzy408 3 years ago
There's 14g of sugar per 100ml in the bottle to start with, so about 200g in the whole bottle (1500 ml)
Troyster21 3 years ago
Cool vid, i wonder what if i make wine with less juice and more sugar and yeast? will it ferment faster? i mean like 4 - 5 days? will the alc rate increase?
lord7heretic 3 years ago
do you absolutely need wine yeast, i have rapidrise highly active yeast, will this work?
CondemnedPatriot 3 years ago
sort of, it will work, but that yeast is not for making wine. generally you get a low al wine with a sulphur taste.
wine yeast is better.
wykedtube 3 years ago
@wykedtube I've been using regular bread yeast, not rapid rise, and I have not had any problems with it. I've tested it at 13%. But with bread yeast, you will get a yeasty taste, but you can use gelatin to clear the wine and it gets rid of the yeasty taste. But, I do agree with you, wine yeast is better, but for cheap wine, regular bread yeast is a lot cheaper.
teet4ever 1 year ago
he added a whole packet of yeast
cajunoutlaw14 3 years ago
I didn't get the sugar bit...
did you say "14" or "40", and do you mean that it's supposed to be 300 or 200 sugar total in a 1.5 liter bottle?
ildur 3 years ago
yeah for real, is it 40 or 14 thats a big fucking difference
CondemnedPatriot 3 years ago
You can't get it much higher than 22% without distilling it. Since alcohol is sort of like yeast piss,it can only tolerate living in just so much. (So yeah,he said 14%)
afterburner909 3 years ago
So i have two questions
1. If you were to add more sugar Would the alcoholic content be higher?
2.how much yeast did you add?
eatpanda118 3 years ago
Yes. The more sugar the more alcohol the yeast will convert it to.
HalfKaztBoy 3 years ago
do i have to be 21 to buy wine yeast?? (im 15 and i intend to make some wine)
flrocker93 3 years ago
yes
afterburner909 3 years ago
hey im making some out of apple juice i got from the store, and i couldnt get ahold of wine yeast, so i just used highly active bakers yeast lol, and my airlock is a condom with a hole in it, haha, but my main question is how long it will roughly take to ferment? i also added 3/4 of a cup of sugar.
Skatetheboard546 3 years ago
about a week.
bakers yeast generally produces less al than wine makers yeast.
and can also leave a sulphur taste (rotten eggs)
wykedtube 3 years ago
Yeah but where the hell do you get wine yeast at??? If i had a camera I'd make a way better version. all well.
Toadphillips 3 years ago
You can find great lavlin wine yeast on ebay cheap and they all ship quick...I am enjoying wild success with wykedtubes methods!
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
thanks, I do think it is worth getting wine yeast. also I believe (and I could be completely wrong). that you can get champaign yeast and it produces a higher al content.
wykedtube 3 years ago
don't know. a guess and this is just wild speculation. the yeast uses oxygen to breed, so in a jar there is more surface area for the wine to get oxygen from and larger area for the co2 to vent. so might just be that it breeds up faster and uses all the food faster so then dies dies and falls to the bottom faster. could also be temp, luck, yeast breed etc...
wykedtube 3 years ago
thanks...I let the initial fermentation happen in the original juice bottle and then rack it into old glass wine bottles...some surplus wine left over was put into wide glass jars with lids and it did seem to clear up much faster than what was in the bottles...just an observation :) Just having some good fun with all this and saving lots of money :)
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
interesting. for "professional" wines you place the wine into a secondary with a narrow neck to avoid as much contact with the air as possible. contact with the air causes oxidisation and is susposed to affect the taste.
but i'm into simple and easy, might try something a little more complex one day, but while the wines come out OK and are cheap, that is all I care about.
just deciding on my next batch now. been a little distracted with home rennovations recently.
wykedtube 3 years ago
WYKEDTUBE, question: I have noticed that letting the wine settle in a jar with lid seems to clear up the clouding much faster than storing in bottle. It seems to de-cloud in 2-5 days in a jar instead of 2-4 weeks as in a bottle. Is there any reason for this?? Is it because of more surface air pressure? I know the lesser contact with air the better, yet the wine out of the jar tastes great and is powerpacked & makes my whole head tingle with first drink. Maybe someone else can experiment & post!
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
Alcohol Can't be Made without yeast! As yeast basicly eat sugar, burps C02 (carbon dioxide) and poops alcohol. making some Hooch with Juicy Juice and some sugar and honey.. not to much, did not have wine yeast just used bread yeast and put a ballon over the opening, its going crasy!
Energi2DmaxX 3 years ago 2
how do you make your own yeast?
orangeblueandlavenda 3 years ago
how do you make it without the yeast?
orangeblueandlavenda 3 years ago
Oh Well!!! I guess I can use active dry yeast for soda pop making which I made a couple of batches before. Thanks for your comment.
yourtubeICU 3 years ago
not sure about that one, I usually am not too worried about al content as I always aim for 14% any more than that and I personally find the wine to be too al for my taste.
wykedtube 3 years ago
I made 2 batches of 30L already from RJ Spagnol they are good. I want to try some like yours wykedtube. I have active dry yeast.
The information I collected says active dry yeast will produce less alcohol content in the finished wine. Is this true?
yourtubeICU 3 years ago
ok i tried it with rapid rise yeast (frome wal-mart) and it is fermenting nicely. i found out that most yeast works....not as well as wine yeast, but it does the trick. thx 4 the demonstration and CHEERS!!
romperstompist 3 years ago
is it possible to find wine makers yeast in local stores?
shaynem12 3 years ago
I dunno, In australia you need to get it from a special home brew shop. although i think some of the really big stores might have some home brew things but usually beer.
wykedtube 3 years ago
i have to use quick rise yeast how long does it take for the wine to be alcoholic and drinkable? i dont really want to wait the full 30 days and u said something about 10 days.
romperstompist 3 years ago
It usualy takes 2 weeks
codesame 3 years ago
i suspose you could drink it in 10 days, just the fermentation process might not have finished, all that will happen is you will have a less al wine that will be sweeter, and might be cloudy. as for quick rise yeast, you are really much better off using wine yeast.
wykedtube 3 years ago
The Science of Winemaking: The gas bubbles is the yeast farts, the yeast converting the sugar into alcohol is the yeast pee, and the sediment on the bottom is the yeast poop and also the dead yeast which drop to the bottom having died of alcohol poisening. Yeast is a fungus so you are trying to drink the best, clearest fungus pee you can get :) This is the science of winemaking in words the layman can easily understand. CHEERS! :)
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
long live the fungus!!!!
wykedtube 3 years ago
cheers
scotty88hh 3 years ago
i make wine from any grape juice i can get but the best is made from pure grape juice
liamrex 3 years ago
yep, the purer the better...
wykedtube 3 years ago
not sure really, sugar is converted to Al, but the different sugars give a different flavour. eg honey, produces a mead which is different to sugar.
I always try to use a juice that is 100%, as if it is to watery the wine lacks flavour.
wykedtube 3 years ago
Are there any benefits to using pure cane sugar rather than sugar beets sugar? Should we only use 100% juices or are the juices with high fructose corn syrup also ok to use?
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR! I just used C&H pure Cane sugar and it really changed the flavor of my concord Welch's wine...just the regular sugar beet sugar tastes the best, although the pure cane c&h sugar wine with welch's REALLY buzzed me good...Maybe it's ALL good :)
Keep posting here on youtube, we need all the good info we can get :)
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
My Welch's Concord Grape Juice home made wine is so strong..."HOW STRONG IS IT?" It goes bear hunting with a flyswatter :)
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
:-)
wykedtube 3 years ago
So I don't need the 1 week to 10 days without the airlock?What will be the difference?
generaltaochicken18 3 years ago
for this method, i was using the lid as an air lock, just stopping the wild yeast getting in and allowing the air out. it is not the best, but very simple.
the first 10 days makes the al, the next month ads flavour and some more al and the wine clears.
the correct way is for the first 10 days to have access to oxygen, and the rest to not have access to oxgyen.
so for first 10 days should have a wide necked bottle. and the rest of the time in a narrow necked bottle.
wykedtube 3 years ago
Thx a lot!
generaltaochicken18 3 years ago
will it work if I put a tube on the top of the bottle with duck tape and the end of the tube in a glass of water?The gaz will go out(blubbles) and oxygen cant get in.
generaltaochicken18 3 years ago
yep, for this method all you want to do is to stop wild yeast getting in. that is all the airlock is for. you would prob even get away with putting duct tape on the top and putting a small pin hole in it. (as long as the duct tape isn't toxic).you cannot seal the bottle as the pressure will build and causing it to explode all you want is for some way for the air to get out but not in (easily).
wykedtube 3 years ago
Is that the amount of sugar you need to have ~24%-25% of sugar? 114g. for 1 1/2 liter?
generaltaochicken18 3 years ago
Sorry I'm not sure I understand the question.
the ammount of sugar you need to add depends on the sugar in the juice to start with. and the target al content. you should aim for about 14% al content more than and the yeast will die from al poisioning.
the basic formula is.
1 litre wine @ 14%al needs 300g sugar.
you need to consider how much wine there is, and how much sugar there already is in the juice.
wykedtube 3 years ago
I use manufacturer's cents off coupons to buy my Welch's Grape Juice and that makes up for the cost of the wine yeast. Also, FREE paper funnels are readily available at your local convenience stores on the automotive products shelf :)
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
good thinking. you can also recycle the yeast. just keep a little of the sediment add it to some sugary water and that will keep the yeast alive. but remember the yeast mutates so after a while the taste will not be so good.
wykedtube 3 years ago
Thanks again for the tips, my friend :)
JEDIALADDIN 3 years ago
what about the yeast shouldent you wake it up with warm water first?
highron 3 years ago
well, yes you prob should place it in some sugary warm water.
but I never do and have never had a fermentation problem.
wykedtube 3 years ago
I want to try making whine this summer for the first time. How could I get it more potent compared to store bought whine.
jm8907 3 years ago
no point, after about 16-18%the yeast gets drunk and dies anyway. then you end up with a sweet wine that might explode in the bottle as there is still residule sugar left.
wykedtube 3 years ago
So tonight I bought a small bottle of white wine to compare with the wine I fermented over last winter, according to your directions. The wine I made was far superior in taste and smell. I could smell sulphur in the commercial stuff and the taste isn't as smooth as the homebrew. I did not use any of the metabisulphates, since I wanted to produce wine as naturally as possible. Great directions, BTW. Thanks.
bradmacaroon 3 years ago
no worries, the commercial guys have to make volumes and volumes so they need to use every trick to shorten the cycle, increase yield etc. Nothing wrong with that. But it can lead to a less than optium taste.
The home brew is often not only cheaper but better tasting (than a low cost wine anyway).
wykedtube 3 years ago