Turbo Yeast

Turbo Yeast stands out from traditional wine, beer or baker’s yeast in that it was specifically designed to ferment white household sugar (sucrose) to produce clean alcohol base with minimal congeners and off-flavors. Turbo Yeast was developed to shorten fermentation times while increasing yield by 14-20+% under optimal conditions using high yielding temperature and osmotic pressure tolerant strains as well as complex nutrients designed to support their rapid growth.

Most of the nutrients found in turbo yeast are micro nutrients – meaning they cannot be seen. It’s these tiny building blocks of nutrition that set turbo yeast apart from ordinary distillers yeast, enabling it to perform significantly better. They include those which help with foaming, reduce fusel oils, stabilize pH levels and increase temperature tolerance – this combination boosts production significantly for higher quality spirit products and quantities.

When using turbo yeast, the most crucial aspect is pitching an appropriate amount according to batch size as stated on its package. Too little or too much yeast will lead to poor fermentation which can be very costly. Furthermore, temperature must also remain consistent throughout fermentation to avoid depleting nutrients and slow fermentation processes that could result in unwanted by-products such as Acetaldehyde formation.

Gluten free baking requires using various kinds of yeast; from active dry to instant. Knowing your yeast options is key to success – some types are designed for recipes requiring long proofing times such as cinnamon rolls or brioche, while there is also osmo tolerant instant yeast which should be mixed directly into sugar solutions without needing to soak first like other instant varieties do.

Certain Turbo yeast varieties are designed specifically to ferment fructose or glucose mono sugars only, such as fructose or glucose. While this type can be more costly as you will require purchasing special fermenting sugar for it to work effectively. Classic 8 is one such all-round Turbo yeast brand.

Alcotec Turbo Yeast is a dual recipe yeast produced in Germany that produces moderate alcohol (14%) in 48 hours or high alcohol (20% in 5 days), depending on how much sugar is added. It has excellent temperature tolerance; for optimal results ambient temperatures below 80 degrees Celsius are suggested. Package instructions suggest adding 6 kg of sugar for the 14% recipe while adding 8kg for 20% recipes.