Recent content by Renegade-Boozer

Oh, it's aptly named. I think the only thing I like about this stuff is the Finnish name! It is very clever. This is what I just didn't get. I could drink 2 glasses of it filtered and not feel much of anything, but a glass of it unfiltered and I could certainly feel it. I don't know what was...

As a follow up... Horrible. Terrible. STAY AWAY!!! Without filtering it through activated carbon, it's simply horrid. I did some more reading, and there are compounds in there that cause clinical depression, which explained why I was feeling like complete **** with suicidal thoughts. I...

That's an idea. I did find one other reasonable source, but need to email them as their online ordering doesn't seem to work properly. That's simply bizarre. Kilju is illegal, but the yeast isn't... and it's sold everywhere... Sad to hear that sugar is taxed like that. It just seems like...

Heh! Yup. I was a bit surprised at the difference when I looked though. Interesting. This is the first time I've tried it, and I don't have a still. :) I basically just experiment with something new each time, and when I found out about turbo yeast, it sounded like a fun thing to try.

Best I could do where I live on short notice was $20/kg ($13.50/kg + shipping). I think I may be able to do better, but I'll need to look around more. I'll keep this in mind. This is my first experiment with it, so I'm really just playing around at the moment. Again, thanks for the...

Awesome! Thank you so much for that additional info. I'll keep my eyes open there.

That makes sense. I'll keep my eye out for place that I can get it from reasonably.

Ah! Right. Activated. I knew that there was something there that I was forgetting, but just couldn't remember. And yes - I knew that granules are perfectly fine. (I meant solid as contrasted to a liquid, but thanks for the clarification there.) From what you're describing though, it...

First, thanks a lot for the help. I was worried that I'd just burned all that dextrose and yeast. (I wish there were a Dogecoin tip in the forum software.) I was thinking that 18 or so would be ok, but, apparently not. I've got it in my office near a heater now. And, it's gurgling very...

Aaaand... I'm starting to hear some gurgling through the water lock. So it looks like your tip about the temperature change has got it jump started. Now, it could be simply water expansion due to heat, but I really doubt that. I'll post back later on how things turn out.

I pitched at 26 degrees C. It says 30, but I'd slightly messed up the boiled water & cool water and ended up at 26. I never accounted for the mass of the dextrose. I'll give it a shot at putting it in a warmer room. Thanks for the tips.

I followed the recipe there, but used SS Triple Distilled Turbo Yeast. It was a very large package. I did stir it after I put in the package of yeast... would that destroy it?

My hydrometer ends at 1.12, so my estimate is about 1.13. It has not changed noticibly.

The gravity is the same. Now, there are lots of bubbles in the tube that I test the gravity in, but it simply tastes like sugar water. I wish I'd just missed it.

The price of Bitcoin is down and I don't have enough booze to forget it.