Prestige Turbo Yeast

Prestige Turbo Yeast is a fast-acting yeast with high alcohol tolerance that can produce fermentation rates up to 18% without proofing. This yeast is created by combining dried Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast with an optimal blend of nutrients specifically tailored for high alcohol fermentations – such as essential vitamins, trace minerals and an anti-foaming agent – for maximum efficiency during its high alcohol fermentations. Each pack also comes equipped with pre-measured quantities of sugar for optimal yeast growth and fermentation efficiency.

Fermentations that fails, and kills its yeast, typically falls into one of three categories. Either it uses an incompatible strain (usually bakers yeast); there are too many volatiles present; there is not enough sugar or molasses to provide energy; or temperature is too low, or cells have died due to an osmotic chock; or yeast has been starved of essential nutrients and lost its natural defenses against attack.

Turbo yeast is designed to be osmo tolerant, and can be mixed directly with sugar solutions without pre-soaking. Soaking can cause the internal pressure of cells to differ significantly from external pressure, leading them to rupture and destroy themselves; additionally soaking depletes nutrients preventing proper functioning next time around. Turbo yeast works effectively with both mono-sugars and disaccharides such as regular household white sugar or castor sugar – and even ordinary white household or castor sugar!

Containing microelements and minerals to promote superior fruit fermentation. This yeast provides maximum flavor extraction from your fruit for the ultimate product, and is temperature tolerant – in fact Bettina Malles and Helge Schmickls use this yeast at their Artisan distilling school as well as for their instructions and recipes in their book The Artisans Guide to Crafting Distilled Spirits.

Turbo yeast with special low volatile production turbo yeast, antifungal agents and nutrients containing high levels of trehalose for protecting internal strength during fermentation against osmotic shock is a very special mix with exceptional temperature tolerance, suitable for mixing directly into sugar water solutions without needing to soak beforehand; unlike other forms of dry yeast that typically require 15 minute soaks.

Turbo yeasts offer the fastest and cleanest fermentation available today; capable of reaching an alcohol content of 21 percent within 5 days when fed 8kg of sugar. Ideal for all fruit, starchy and grain applications.

One sachet of this yeast will cover an up to 25-litre (6.5 US gallon) batch.

Dissolve sugar into the required volume of hot water. Top off to final volume with cold water and stir until liquid specific gravity reaches 1090. Next, add an appropriate number of Turbo Yeast sachets, mix well and leave to ferment at temperatures below chart temperatures.

All our yeast is available in single-use sachets for your convenience, packaged in sterile aluminium foil packaging to avoid contamination during storage and transport.