How to make Alcohol at Home (Ethanol)

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This is a very basic way that you can make your own DRINKABLE ethanol at home. The main premise of this video is to show just how simple and easy it is to ferment your own alcohol. In a future video, I will try to dispel some myths regarding homebrewing, such as the exaggerated risk of methanol poisoning. I will also demonstrate how easy and safe it can be to distill your own ethanol from the wash that you produce.
In this video, I prepare a sugar wash (fermentation of sugar only). The process is similar to the preparation of wine or beer, but uses pure table sugar instead of a variety of different sugars, fruits or other additives. Also, more yeast is used in order to speed things up a little.
The final product should be ready in a week or two. If you want to drink it, you can. Just clear it first using a clearing solution and clean the taste up using activated carbon. It still won't taste very good though.
Be aware that there are some things that when added might be dangerous. So, please, if you decide to add something to the fermentation, please verify beforehand that it is safe.
Here are some calculators to calculate how much sugar you need to make a certain amount of alcohol - homedistiller.o...
NOTE - For a sugar wash, you probably don't need to sterilize anything. Just wash it with soap and water. The presence of other microbes can alter the taste if you plan to drink it.
WARNING - Depending on where you live, making or distilling alcohol can be illegal without the proper permits or licenses.
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Комментарии : 4,9 тыс.

@theCodyReeder 8 лет назад

People say making alcohol that way (from table sugar) ends up tasting like gas; Having tasted both I can say that gasoline tastes better. ;)

@benzedrex 8 лет назад

After distillation it's ok

@aldionsylkaj9654 8 лет назад

+Cody'sLab How does Gas taste?

@aldionsylkaj9654 8 лет назад

Ah right.

@BlazedNKonfuzedd 8 лет назад

Hey Cody!

@teoandrei7822 8 лет назад

cody you are my hero

@erueru2014 4 года назад

"I only use alcohol as a solvent" so do I, it solvents all my problems

@ImranAli-pe5ee 4 года назад

Is it good for perfumes?

@ninasmithers1016 4 года назад

And they say alcohol is never a solution. ;)

@junbecks 4 года назад

At yeast I tried

@krakensic669 4 года назад

I wanna get drunk 😞

@GetRealwithMike 4 года назад

You guys crack me up. I need the alcohol for a resin printer to clean parts. People went stupid and hoarded all the alcohol so this is all I can do. Do you need a license to make rubbing alcohol? Hmmm.

@Al_Gore_Rhythmn 3 года назад

I made alcohol when I was 17. I used a pressure cooker that I converted into a still. I kept it under my bed while it would ferment and when my parents went to work I would set up the still on the stove. Funny thing is, I did this during a time when I wasn't into drinking alcohol at all. I let my friends have it.

@Cap1talD 2 года назад

Teach me how to make some lmao

@charlieredeemed 2 года назад

That's a true friend👍👍👍

@Evan-hq5dt 2 года назад

Did yours explode? Because you might be my uncle.

@Cap1talD 2 года назад

@@Evan-hq5dt Yes mine did

@Al_Gore_Rhythmn 2 года назад

@@Evan-hq5dt didn't

@lughnacide9778 2 года назад

This is called kilju in Finland and became a big thing during their prohibition era where alcohol was illegal but sugar and yeast rations were available. It was also further distilled into a moonshine called pontikka.

@user-qk7en8pq1u 2 года назад

Might I add, "kilju" is pronounced "kill-you" which was what would happen if you distilled it wrong

@ratpoison1000 2 года назад

I love moonshine mixed with honey and different herbs and fruits 😍😍🥰👍

@martink9785 2 года назад

@@user-qk7en8pq1u the only way to distill it wrong is by not removing the foreshots that contain the nasty stuff. If you drink the foreshots it's very bad but it doesn't mean you distilled it wrong.

@lughnacide9778 2 года назад

@@martink9785 and the foreshots are methanol which are useful for other things, but not for drinking.

@martink9785 2 года назад

@@lughnacide9778 I use mine for firelighting

@bigclivedotcom 4 года назад

Just for scientific purposes, you can get extraordinary results if you make your resultant stinky ethanol slightly alkaline with some bicarbonate of soda, then add a small amount of potassium permanganate. When mixed and left for a while the fusels clump allowing the mixture to be filtered nearly clear through a coffee filter. Redistillation then results in a near odourless and tasteless ethanol. I'm not sure the exact science involved, or if it has a bad effect on the chemical purity of the ethanol.

@enzoruberto 4 года назад

I didn’t know big clive also watches Nile red!!

@jugotocks 4 года назад

Surprised to see you here bigclive, especially on a 6 year old video! I love your channel as well

@mahrufurrahman9759 4 года назад

Nice big Clive.

@victortoyota4595 4 года назад

Give 2 packs of beer and I give you 5 litres of pee in half hour.

@nunyabusiness1312 4 года назад

What he said was use water purifier and baking soda wait for it clump up filter distillet it again and drink tasteless with no smell

@leafy6489 4 года назад

thank you, i will now use my knowledge in chemistry to pursue teen drinking.

@JonahWoods 4 года назад

teen drinking, is, very bad...

@jamesfunnymorrison8305 4 года назад

@@JonahWoods 1. ok fun police 2. ok joke police

@JonahWoods 4 года назад

@@jamesfunnymorrison8305 yo I got a fake Id tho

@JonahWoods 4 года назад

@@jamesfunnymorrison8305 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VwXeN2FsE7w.html

@idiotsandwich7878 4 года назад

@@jamesfunnymorrison8305 lmao ur the one who didn't get the joke hun

@revy_moto 4 года назад

I don't know about you guys, but I definitely don't have a "local brewing store".

@NorthWestOffroadAdventures 4 года назад

There are multiple where I live... the grocery store even has a "brew your own beer" section

@mercury2632 4 года назад

Graham White where the heck do you live

@AmandaLarsson-b8o 4 года назад

Glen, nor do I. South Africans could have made a fortune, if we knew there was going to be a ban on alcohol for so long during this Lockdown. It's ridiculous......

@flybackrs 4 года назад

@@mercury2632 the US...

@mercury2632 4 года назад

isohyde not you, and duh, but where in the US

@NemesisTWarlock 3 года назад

2014: "Here's how to make 15% ethanol. with distilled water, yeast, and known home brewing methods." 2020: "F**k it, I'm making moonshine from toilet paper."

@wenniemagno8504 2 года назад

lol

@bear1431 2 года назад

if you use used toilet paper it will raise the grades

@stevejackson9952 2 года назад

Whoa, if you were making shine from TP in 2020 that's the equivalent of that rich guy lighting his cigar with a fist full of burning hundreds.

@receptayyip1410 2 года назад

@@stevejackson9952 I don't get the point...

@computer_dude 2 года назад

@@receptayyip1410 In the start of the pandemic, everyone randomly decided that toilet paper was a necessity and everyone rushed to the stores trying to stock on toilet paper. There were even outages of toilet papers in many major stores around the world. Good times, I tell you.

@SteveCockneyRebel 4 года назад

As a kid i tryed making alcohol and put the solution in sealed bottles in the attic- around a week into the project i was watching TV with my family when i heard bombs going off, needless to say i was grounded for a month

@mitchell3593 3 года назад

For pure *curiosity* do you remember the formula

@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 3 года назад

@@mitchell3593 There are several different recipes online. Pawpaw’s recipes is a good place to start. I don’t remember the exact measurements, but I believe it to be around 1 cup of sugar and 1/4 of a teaspoon bakers yeast(Bakers yeast leaves a bad taste in your final product and alcohol content usually only goes 5-15% ABV so try to use wine yeast it you can) in a standard 2 liter juice bottle. Don’t take my word for it though, you should probably look it up as incorrect measurements can be dangerous. Remember to pour out about 2 cups of juice so the sugar has space and overflow isn’t a concern. Poke a hole in a balloon and wrap it around the cap. There is always a risk in home brewing and if you’re fermenting in something else you need to sanitize it, same goes for distilling. If you’re extra cautious for things like botulism, boil your wine for 5 minutes above 85C and that should kill it. Do your own research and if you go ahead with it happy drinking!

@mitchell3593 3 года назад

@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 umm I was hoping for a more *exciting* recipe for a more *vigorous* reaction if you get my drift

@andrewgarcia3136 2 года назад

Lol if you had burped the bottles they wouldn't have exploded

@MLarios97 2 года назад

@@andrewgarcia3136 Wow youre a genius

@Michael-ex9uo 3 года назад

I never realized you could hear Nile hitting the spacebar whenever he recorded a sound clip. I can never unhear it

@henryoppenheimer 3 года назад

Why did you tell me haha

@jacob_1866 3 года назад

Fuck you

@nihil7647 3 года назад

Lmao

@daltong6694 3 года назад

dear god

@spaghettiopizza8686 3 года назад

DAMN IT THAT'S SO ANNOYING WHY'D YOU SAY IT-

@josepenuelas4987 7 лет назад

next video how to make LSD?

@SubtleHawk 7 лет назад

Too complicated probably. You need at least a bachelor's in chemistry and high end lab equipment to make it.

@lukelannon2432 7 лет назад

true for the most part! some people that in which have started in their chemistry major are try to do things like this; at least thats what I've heard.. its extremely dangerous.

@YakuiMeido 7 лет назад

Jose Penuelas First you'll need ergot of rye, Which can be purchased at your local highly dangerous and illegal precursor store...

@OnamKingtheKing 7 лет назад

Nile Red propably could make it, but it's illegal you know...

@imockrartedcomments7672 7 лет назад

Yakui Can’t I find it via looking through fields of rye and looking for mould?

@jonbertocchi173 3 года назад

Mom: so why do you need all this sugar? Child: because science.

@君ピチよと 7 лет назад

You could never learn the things on this youtube channel from television, I am never turning my tv on again.

@jonaskonrad 7 лет назад

Rodrigo F or just visit school once in a while :D

@君ピチよと 7 лет назад

Zonkory You assume I did not go ? I have a degree in Computer Engineering, they do not teach chemistry there.

@davidledesma209 7 лет назад

Rodrigo F I are you using your computer engineering degree?

@jonaskonrad 7 лет назад

Rodrigo F wtf we learned it in the a levels ?

@君ピチよと 7 лет назад

David Ledesma Yep, I like to watch youtube videos about other subjects, other than computers and circuits.

@Mr.LaughingDuck 4 года назад

5 years later... "Making toilet paper moonshine"

@georgecuddy354 3 года назад

Unmmmmmmmm

@hasanmuhammad6651 3 года назад

@@georgecuddy354 what?

@pavel9652 3 года назад

TP contraband ;) TP! TP! TP! Who wants some TP?

@MackieLars 3 года назад

he did actually make alcohol out of tp

@pavel9652 3 года назад

@@MackieLars Yeah, I have seen this video, but the process was exhausting ;) The lesson is, apparently, everything that is sugar will work with a little processing. Cellulose is a kind of sugar but has to be broken down with enzymes. Some sugars will also produce toxic methanol, so keep an eye on that ;)

@NotSoCrazyNinja 5 лет назад

If you can't get the specialty yeast for whatever reason, bread yeast from the grocery store will work, just might have a lower alcohol content. DoingItCheap makes a cheap and simple wine using store bottled fruit juice, sugar, and bread yeast. Tried a batch and it worked out fine and made some remarkably strong wine.

@KW-td8dq 5 лет назад

Thank you, selling this to freshman

@ryannarcisse 4 года назад

Straw Berry gotta make that money!

@xino_z 4 года назад

Omg

@ticktockbam 4 года назад

@John Taylor At least he'll be a rich stupid, unlike you who will only be stupid.

@gokulnavilavanyan 4 года назад

Is that drinkable or any risk in that

@davyddocarmocabral2989 4 года назад

@@gokulnavilavanyan he said is drinkable but tastes like shit

@thewallachianbard6975 4 года назад

Oh so that's why all the yeast is missing from the stores .

4 года назад

@TheWallachianBard Dont click here: ru-vid.com/show-UCE1ozUWIXxKAS25RPvEsZHA

@tarkan9000 4 года назад

The_Lonely_Boy [Fahim], Ok i wont.

@InfernalBanana 4 года назад

FAHIM YTC Stop promoting your channel and trying to farm subs in someone else’s comment section dude. It just makes you look like a tool and takes away from any good content you might have. Not to mention it throws your viewer/sub ratio way out of wack, making RU-vid not recommend your channel anyway. You want subs? Get them legitimately instead of using reverse psychology to trick people into subscribing to your small channel.

@Joemama-rb2hc 4 года назад

@ fuck ur channel

@MichaelClark-uw7ex 4 года назад

Order it online or get from a homebrew shop. Better quality yeast and higher alcohol production than baker's yeast.

@glocarrot2060 7 лет назад

I clicked on this video and thought "oh cool I can make my own alcohol at home" then I remembered I'm 22 and can just drive to a liquor store and buy alcohol that doesnt taste like old gasoline

@inhalefumes6475 6 лет назад

☭_DRINK_CCCP_420_☭ it does it is food grade

@bormisha 6 лет назад

They may not sell you the food-grade 96% aseotropic alcohol at your liquor store, making which is the goal of this video.

@off-gridhillbillystyle3735 6 лет назад

Lol that's the attitude of the new generation. Home made brew taste great and is cheaper if you know what your doing. I call mine panty dropper ;)

@leonelburciaga3050 6 лет назад

Yeah! I want my alcohol to taste like fresh gasoline!

@julian-io5wl 6 лет назад

Lol i can by wine and i'm 16.

@knightmare1015 2 года назад

The best filtering system you can use for alcohol is a Zero water filter. Tried it with distilled spirits and it was a huge difference for the better. Checled the alcohol content with my proof meter and it still read around 15%.

@marshallleevalentine 7 лет назад

"Be prepared for a nice sticky, sugar mess." Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants!

@superalvin7208 7 лет назад

Crystal the Glaceon archer refrence, nice

@andrewking9271 7 лет назад

You are going to eat so many spiderwebs, Woodhouse!

@Nanakiyami 7 лет назад

Archer?

@theolddeus9672 7 лет назад

Nanakiyami yes

@rhejdirogth 7 лет назад

+Nanakiyami lmao fuck yes

@ancilodon 7 лет назад

I wonder if there's a video which teaches you how to make toilet wine in a sober and serious tone of voice.

@robertflorida2144 7 лет назад

ancilodon I'm going to just steal that idea.

@ancilodon 7 лет назад

Robert Florida Please, steal away, I'd like to see it!

@ihazmineraft666 7 лет назад

ancilodon Check out afterprision shows video on it

@MatoNupai 7 лет назад

Check out Craig Tube here on RU-vid. He has a great vid on making inmate brew. I've beeb making wine since before i was old enough to drink it. Made concord wibe, Chablis, hard cider, and even pineapple wine. Two i wanted to make was Mead, and Sake.

@mariusseniorful 7 лет назад

MatoNupai Mn

@IncredibleMD 4 года назад

NileRed: I wouldn't suggest drinking this. Finland: *does it anyway*

@foxyfox8745 4 года назад

Who would turn down some good old fashioned kilju?

@IncredibleMD 4 года назад

@@foxyfox8745 People who don't need to forget that they're in Finland.

@_caden_6481 4 года назад

DocIncredible 😂💀

@aluminiotastynt1577 4 года назад

they do something similar in brazil , is sugar cane juice fermented and distilled from what i heard it taste awful

@gmxealot6236 4 года назад

Moskva gopniks ain't got nothing on the Finns

@kaheakruse4310 3 года назад

Wow! That’s a lot of yeast! 1 packet of yeast for up to 5 gallons, plus ec-1118 is a very vigorous yeast used to restart a stuck ferment

@Chevsilverado 2 года назад

Yeast colonies grow exponentially so the difference between a half pack and a full pack of yeast is like one days worth of fermenting and once the colony is grown fully it’s like 100x the size of a packet. Only thing adding more yeast will do is make sure your colony starts off strong.

@TarotLadyLissa 5 лет назад

I'm a homebrewer and years ago I saw a recipe similar to this. Apparently it was a favorite among ”punk” youth in Finland in the 80s. It was called Kilju if I remember. Just sugar water and yeast. Once it was finished fermenting they'd mix it with fruit juice and drink it as a mixed drink. At least that's what I can recall.

@borttorbbq2556 5 лет назад

My summer car which is a finish survival simulator yes one of those exist you can actually make that stuff and sell it to someone

@doqtorisykero7971 Год назад

This is a very old comment, but the history of kilju goes way back! It was at first used a way to make drinking water safer, since the fermentation would also kill of some harmful bacteria. It was also very popular during prohibition and depression era's. There's also records of troops traveling with canisters of fermenting kilju during the second world war. It was also illegal to make kilju up until very recently, so homebrewers would often add a packet or so of raisins into the mix, and say that they were actually making wine (Which was legal). It's still popular among Finnish students to this day, as a cheap way to get drunk. It's not an uncommon sight to see partying students with a "mehukatti"-bottle tied around their neck, containing kilju, which some say is so that they "Don't lose it when they eventually pass out in a bush"

@overcookedwater1947 4 года назад

People in the store: *Is confused of why I'm buying lots of sugar instead of the rubbing alcohol nearby Me: my goals are beyond your understanding

@ke6gwf 4 года назад

Your store still has rubbing alcohol?!? Will you ship me some? Lol I am deciding whether to distill vodka to replace rubbing alcohol...

@ShawnGreyling 4 года назад

doing the same... bought a buttload of sugar and brewing yeast to do this.

@overcookedwater1947 4 года назад

@@ke6gwf sorry it's been sold out

@faith2822 4 года назад

ke6gwf Alcohol must be 60% (120 proof) in order to disinfect. That’s not vodka.

@itsmebutwhoami8177 4 года назад

Use an original comment format or just comment straight up dont comment the same shit everyone does..

@hopefullsinner3186 4 года назад

I've been making ethanol for drinking for years. Sterilization is not overly important because you are boiling it in the distilling process anyway. Just be clean not necessarily sterile. Also try not to leave dead yeast cells in your wash because when you boil them they breakdown introducing an unpleasant taste to the ethanol.

@lefu7812 3 года назад

My grandad used a lemonade jar with a tap at the bottom, so you can pour most of the final product without the yeast.

@keegentilley578 2 года назад

@@lefu7812 that's pretty clever

@patateslikofte6474 Год назад

Why just make ethanol at that point? Add a few fruits to the mix and make wine

@gennadiygusarov6082 3 года назад

When someone tells me alcohol is a problem I break out the periodic table of elements and show them that it’s a solution

@nvp1914 3 года назад

Ok this cracked me up-

@skrgrnd 3 года назад

you should show them a chemistry book, tho. alcohol is a compound

@jhony4474 3 года назад

@@skrgrnd 😐

@ThePinkBinks 3 года назад

Boom boom! 🥁

@bazirao 3 года назад

Where do find alcohol on periodic table? 🤨

@MrGiXxEr 8 лет назад

Holy FUCK, four packs of yeast? One pack is meant for 5 gallons!

@TheSHJGaming 8 лет назад

He said he was making the highest concentration as possible.

@MrGiXxEr 8 лет назад

I don't think you understand how the process works...

@mattthomas4026 7 лет назад

Yeah I've made wine and beer when I was 16. My wine never made it past 11%. I'm talking 1 packet in 5gallons.

@Weaseldog2001 7 лет назад

Since there's no yeast nutrients, the sugar is all going to the metabolism, and not to procreation. So you don't have the advantage of the yeast concentration going up as the liquid ferments. Further, he's not worried about the taste of the solution, as you would be when brewing beverages.

@rasvial 7 лет назад

but there's no need for extra waste product to have to isolate- you could just let a smaller yeast colony ferment longer to get to the toxicity point for the yeast

@Moistiest110 4 года назад

“Using sodium metabisulfitate which is readily available at your local brewing store” Yeah.. as if I had one

@achilleslade3771 4 года назад

*metabisulfite

@birdmanx2birdmanx280 3 года назад

Bonide Stump Out at your local hardware store is 100% Sodium Metabisulfite per the SDS

@shannyjackson9206 3 года назад

can you just use dish soap

@lucian0221 4 года назад

I made my own wine like this in my room when I was 13 years old. Good times

@karolus28 3 года назад

I once left a mandarin in a plastic bag for a few weeks in my backpack

@patricksarama4963 3 года назад

@@karolus28 haven’t we all?

@nitroxylictv 3 года назад

@@patricksarama4963 I left 2 oranges in my backpack in 7th grade and I smelled like an alcoholic for the rest of the school year... they were in there for about a month or 2 good times

@sramsewmajty 3 года назад

@@karolus28 I've left 4 sandwiches in my school backpack one time for whole summer my backpack smelled like a very not good mushroom

@sramsewmajty 3 года назад

@@patricksarama4963 I can assure you it's true bc one time I've left a pear in my backpack back in 2 grade of primary school And it smelled like sord of alcohol

@himanshuwilhelm5534 2 года назад

Tip: alternatives to an airlock include: Balloon, Lid with a tiny hole, Or cold weather. Fermenting in cold weather makes yeast less aerobic, this is how sake is traditionally fermented. When cold fermenting, make sure your lid will let air out- put it on loose or use a cloth and string.

@heine1717 2 года назад

Can you use a normal soda bottle with a hole in the lid? Or a Balloon with a small hole

@himanshuwilhelm5534 2 года назад

@@heine1717 the balloon method works quite well

@jacobhargiss3839 2 года назад

The reason ylu want the lid isnt just to keep out oxygen, but also to keep out stray bacteria that could turn the ethanol into acids. No one wants to waste a month brewing vinegar.

@doqtorisykero7971 Год назад

If you want anything but the quickest of drinks, you should definitely invest the few $/€ into an airlock. The listed alternatives will be... Fine, for the first week or so of fermentation, but after that, the CO2 produced won't be enough to keep air out, and you'll likely end up with either mold or vinegar- Either way, a ruined fermentation. Although, let's be honest, while no one is gonna be drinking this for the taste, an airlock will also allow you to do a "secondary fermentation", which will make it taste enormously better, and give you a bit more alcohol as well.

@danc.5509 10 месяцев назад

Thanking you

@alecwhatshisname5170 7 лет назад

"local brewing store" yeah, good luck. - Utah resident.

@jakeevans7075 6 лет назад

they illegal in utah?

@spratsprat3266 6 лет назад

Jake Evans mormons

@sudonim7552 6 лет назад

Amazon exists

@bcworks22 6 лет назад

They exist in UT. There's one on State in SLC. Used them several times.

@bcubed72 6 лет назад

If CodyDon Reeder can do it, you have no excuse.

@merlagne 3 года назад

this guy should start a chemistry youtube channel

@patricksarama4963 3 года назад

Thats what I was thinking!

@humanwithaplaylist 3 года назад

Isnt this what this channel literally is?

@ihaveagoal4665 3 года назад

@@humanwithaplaylist that was the joke my guy

@dotnet9830 3 месяца назад

yap yap yap

@manmeetjammu 3 года назад

0:47 Dangers and myths surrounding home distillation of alcohol .. Did not find in your video uploads.

@Kizunaut 3 года назад

As someone who has been involved in a couple of home brewing projects I love this type of chemists' perspective into the matter :D

@HeatherSpoonheim 4 года назад

I recommend using corn sugar (dextrose) as yeast can't "digest' disaccharides. Dextrose will result if fewer of the 'exotic' alcohols being formed. The same is true for adding yeast nutrients. Also, making a cooling coil (coiled up copper tubing through which you run cool water) will not only let you cool that syrup faster but will also provide some pasteurization. I also recommend starting the fermentation in a bucket to allow more head space for the foam of early fermentation. Use a tight fitting lid with a hole plugged by an airlock. When the foam subsides, transfer to a bottle style carboy like in the video.

@HeatherSpoonheim 4 года назад

@Traphouse Nurseries I don't know - never tried it. Powdered dextrose is widely available at brew shops, many ship online. That's what I know, and it's not expensive, so that's why I stick with it.

@layalsaif2018 2 года назад

@@HeatherSpoonheim will corn starch work

@HeatherSpoonheim 2 года назад

@@layalsaif2018 no, and corn sugar is cheap.

@layalsaif2018 2 года назад

@@HeatherSpoonheim i thought u wouldnt reply cuz that was a year ago lmao

@layalsaif2018 2 года назад

@@HeatherSpoonheim also is corn sugar itself halal? just wondering cuz i wont be able to buy it if it isnt since like my parents would see

@mikemarcus7442 7 лет назад

There's some misleading information in here. You need yeast nutrient precisely because you're just fermenting sugar. Yeast, like people, find it difficult to survive on energy alone. They also need nutrients for their metabolic pathways to function correctly. In the case of yeast it's mainly calcium, zinc, oxygen and free amino nitrogen that's needed. The only reason why you're getting it to work is because your dry yeast is packed full of various nutrients during manufacture. But as soon as it starts multiplying, that source begins to run out. If you added yeast nutrient for successive generations to utilise you'd get a quicker, more efficient and more complete fermentation with (probably more importantly for you), far fewer cogeners such as higher alcohols, aldehydes, esters, etc which can distil over. Also you don't need distilled water. You're heating it anyway so there's no need to worry about microbial contamination from it and you're just further reducing the amount of nutrients available for the yeast. Finally you're using enough yeast for 100 litres

@shashankkapur8926 4 года назад

Bro are u cent per cent sure wht u are saying is legit???

@shashankkapur8926 4 года назад

Can we use rock sugar as it uas many nutrients for the yeast and is not like table sugar which is completely concentrated , rock sugar has magnesium and zinc in it but has low gi index so plz educate me on this as u seem to have the appropriate knoledge and experience

@HeatherSpoonheim 4 года назад

You sound like a fellow homebrewer. I would add to your comment by suggesting dextrose be used rather than sucrose - to avoid those cogeners (I've always just called them 'exotics').

@sarnol8973 4 года назад

@@shashankkapur8926 I realize you're being sarcastic but yes that might be better than table sugar. I've never heard of rock sugar but as long as it's not some kind of candy with preservatives in it it should work. the reason nile red is using so much yeast is because with a simple sugar wash the yeast is not going to reproduce very much if at all. with a healthy corn and/or grain Mash (wash) you can use just a teaspoon of yeast in a 5 gallon mash and at the end of a two-week fermentation there will be 2 to 3 inches of yeast at the bottom of your 5-gallon container. some Moonshiners even keep that yeast to make their next mash. some distilleries have done this reusing the same spent yeast over 100 yrs eventually coming up with their own strain of yeast that produces a particular flavor. bottom line is yes yeast need nutrient to produce a tasty drink. there's an old saying "if you piss on your yeast they will shit in your drink". so to answer your question, yes. what mike marcus said was legit.

@MrGigi-dz9cv 4 года назад

What do you mean by nutrients ?

@AngryParrotDistillery 4 года назад

Because you are fermenting sugar only, you WILL need some yeast nutrient. Sugar washes by nature have none of the nutrients you may find in fruit washes or grain mashes.

@BobbyxZx 3 года назад

toss some yeast ghosts in there and you're fine. it will also increase alcohol production slightly.

@AngryParrotDistillery 2 года назад

@Danijelovski Kanal You'd still need some nutrients. Brown sugar will give you more of a rum profile, infact there are French rums made entirely from brown sugar (as opposed to molasses) called agrisols (spelling?)

@666BurnThemPrisons Год назад

I didnt use any nutrient and was able to get drunk just fine. It didn't taste that great but was better than drinking hand sanitizer or mouthwash.

@Shadmannnn 8 месяцев назад

Cap

@soulsharts 3 года назад

I made strawberry moonshine with a copper still once, and distilled it to about 68% alcohol. It was fun and really cool to make your own alcohol, but so much easier to go to the local liquor store and just buy w/e you want.

@smartspy007 2 года назад

whats a copper still?

@Aurora-oe2qp 2 года назад

Hell no, Sweden taxes it way too much.

@talkysassis 2 года назад

@@smartspy007 It's for distillation. Here where I live we use it (but we call alambique) to make rum. Using regular steel can mess with the flavor and glass is quite expensive to do this.

@Fred_the_1996 2 года назад

@@talkysassis ayyy, tuga?

@talkysassis 2 года назад

@@Fred_the_1996 I'm not from Portugal, dude

@domesday1535 4 года назад

Here's a few tips: you use far more yeast than necessary. This won't give a bad result but just end up being a waste of resources. I've introduced a single pack to a 5gallon batch in an even more stark environment for the yeast and felt no repercussions. It's helpful to aerate the mixture some, either by sloshing, whisking, or stirring. This gets oxygen dissolved in the water which is needed by the yeast in small quantities to reproduce. Only do this in the initial couple days as beyond that there's already enough oxygen in circulation for an anaerobic fungus like yeast. siphoning off the fermented liquid after the yeast settles to the bottom is an effective and easy way to clean the mixture without need for activated charcoal or forced filtration methods. I find no more than 3 repetitions necessary most of the time If you really want to clear it up simple bentonite clay and siphoning will have it looking crystal clear Always leave a healthy gap of air at the top of the jug. Otherwise the C02 foam bubbles travel up into the airlock and can clog up the one way valve. This will probably lead to a sticky explosion as pressure builds up in the jug and releases when the stopper can no longer resist There are many methods to make the mixture tasty, but this basic recipe surely tastes horrendous.

@matthewweisenburger2095 5 лет назад

Fun fact you don’t have to be 21 to buy all of the ingredients and tools to make beer like this. My local brewing store never said anything to 17 year old me at the time as I bought beer kits.

@mr.nuggit8240 Год назад

Did similar in my HS dorm

@wingmanalive 8 лет назад

I've been brewing for many years. A lot of the steps shown here aren't as important as implied. Local tap water is fine as long as it's not overly chlorinated. When using a turbo yeast use about 2 1/2 lbs of sugar per gallon. Dissolve the sugar into hot water, it doesn't need to be close to boiling. Cool down to less than 100 degrees and pitch your yeast. You can stretch turbo yeasts out further than they suggest, I can get (2) 5 gallon batches out of one packet. Closely monitor your wash for the first couple hours as turbo yeasts are explosive and will foam up heavily. After that seal up and add the airlock. He also doesn't mention that you need to aerate the wash as the yeast need that oxygen in the wash especially during the first 24 hrs. Some use aquarium pumps, I simply use my faucet's spray nozzle to fill my bucket. After 5-7 days you have up to a 20% wash. For making pure ethanol turbos are ideal but not recommended for grains or fruit. After distilling I add extracts and sugar to make my cordials and have had great success. Been offered $50 for a 750ml bottle but I don't make to sell, I simply give bottles away to family/friends. Homemade stills work but I've discovered the 6 gallon stainless steel rigs you can buy online are perfect and work beautifully. I got mine for about $350 shipped. It is a wonderful hobby.

@MatoNupai 8 лет назад

Of yoy let it sit 24 hours before adding the yeast

@seigeengine 7 лет назад

Ohey, another "expert" hopping in to give their spiel. Even when it's mostly irrelevant masturbatory bullshit,

@wingmanalive 7 лет назад

Just adding my input that may help another viewer. Not like some trolling their hate. Go back to your video games.

@wingmanalive 7 лет назад

Methanol has a lower boiling point than ethanol. Using that fact means the first distillate that comes off is tossed. To be safe the first 10 mm for every gallon of wash. Assuming your still has an accurate thermometer the foreshots can begin at 140 degrees. Anything boiling/condensing off before 173 degrees isn't considered ethanol and contains not only methanol but acetone as well as other nasties. Even if distilling a sugar wash you should toss this amount for safety. Especially when distilling a grain wash. The tails should be collected but not consumed because of the fusel oils it contains. You'll use that in future runs as it still contains good alcohol. There are several good methods in determining when your distillate is crossing over into the tails but I'll end my input here. Some feel my responses are long winded and unwarranted. Cheers.

@oskarla987 7 лет назад

wingmanalive thanks for the answer, i will come back with more questions, if anything pops up.

@cloudbuster8819 3 года назад

Correction: Yeasts need nutrients, actually: nitrate and some other minerals (potassiium, sodium, calcium, etc). Nitrate is their source to make amino acids (to grow and make enzymes). You can just add a bit of plant fertilizer. Instead of distilled water, use autoclaved spring water - it balances some of the minerals. Else: you can add some natural, autoclaved juices or meat broth (low sodium). Yeasts grow longer if not just grown on sucrose: on sucrose only, they only can metabolize but not grow.

@keegentilley578 2 года назад

Ikr? He's talking how it's almost impossible to get 18% abv. Lime bro your starving your yeast

@danielanthony1054 Год назад

@@keegentilley578 as a cheap brewer i just boil the life out of some yeast, and then feed it to other yeast

@chrisfyffe910 6 лет назад

I love your videos. As a kid i wasent interested in my education. Dropped out of highschool. By 20 I became interested in my education got my GED and went to colledge for geography. Wrong choice. Few years later I realized it's science that I truely love.

@awesomefacepalm 7 лет назад

I don't have activated charcoal So can I use activated almonds instead?

@emelise3642 6 лет назад

awesomefacepalm 😂😂

@bigrodboys7888 6 лет назад

Yes

@weirdshamanwizzard3156 6 лет назад

This ACTIVATED MY ALMODS

@TooLameToDie 5 лет назад

This comment russels my jimmies

@PointyTailofSatan 5 лет назад

Or some old socks

@pev_ 3 года назад

Or you can use turbo yeast and make 35 liters of 16+ ABV solution in a couple of days. And if you want to use it for drinking, use a couple of liters of 100% apple juice added to the batch before adding the yeast, then use stopping and clearing agents after fermentation to give you fully clear very drinkable apple wine-like in just a few extra days of clearing! These examples are what I do in a regular basis :) And it is so easy to try other fruit/berry juices also, to vary the taste, just remember to use "pure" ones that do not have any preservatives because preservatives can stop or kill the yeast!

@danielanthony1054 Год назад

i wouldn't brew in a carboy, for whatever reason when i brew in buckets with a lid (no airlock) i get more abv

@foobar7311 7 лет назад

The airlock is not to keep oxygen away from the yeast, yeast needs/loves oxygen, especially in the first 24-48 hours of fermentation when the yeast is multiplying (the aerobic stage). The airlock prevents external oxygen reacting with the ethanol/wash making vinegar and keeps external bugs like wild yeast and lactobasilicus coming in.

@joshuagavaghan224 3 года назад

I found that to get the yeast to all fall at the end is i put my wash in the fridge for a few days after it was done and the yeast fell out better and gave me a clearer solution.

@dlee92991 8 лет назад

Ive done this more times than i can count. I got to the point where i didnt even wash anything, used tap water even right out of the faucet. the best yeast to use is turbo distillers yeast with an enzyme call AG. good video though

@NileRed 8 лет назад

+dlee92991 you are right. I just wanted to show how things were "supposed to be done" but with just sugar water, there isnt much that can go wrong.

@MatoNupai 8 лет назад

Not a good idea. You should add a campden tablet to sterelize any wild yeast After 24 hours add the yeast. Yeast will process up to 5 gallons of must. Not the two liters this person says.

@JocaIdrone 8 лет назад

+Psychotic Rainbowz what did u use as an airlock ?

@MatoNupai 8 лет назад

There are several ways to fudge on an airlock. Some use a baloon or cobdom with pin hole to let the pressure out. Mr beer has teo notches above the threads to allow pressure our but nothing inside. saran wrap over The cover with pinholes.or get a real airlock with stopper.

@corneliusbrown3112 8 лет назад

I've done this more times than I can count as well. Ive done this more times than i can count

@JoeFrancisEmmatty 4 года назад

Dude I made wine 🍷 by your method... Amazing 😍 bro.. since lockdown we have no alcohol in Mumbai, India... It's so damn cheap and strong... Love you bro ❣️

@learnit465 4 года назад

Didn’t u die from poisoning

@justanerwinwhoisdioforfun6847 2 года назад

@@learnit465 he didn't reply

@juststudy9989 2 года назад

@@justanerwinwhoisdioforfun6847 then he died ?

@QuantumNetwork 11 месяцев назад

Rip bro 😂

@mistere304 8 месяцев назад

that's a sugar water wash you have to distill it bruh do you even lab?

@spongebobsucks12 3 года назад

So i watched this video in college at 19 and replicated this "experiment" to sell moonshine to my peers. I was poor and dumb so I used a plastic bag for the wash. A condom was originally the air lock until it couldn't be. So we designed a ragu bottle into one using tubing we liberated from the science lab. Once we finished the wash after a week and a half and spring fling around the corner, we distilled it in a rice cooker. Pouring the wash in, we placed a milk cap over the steam vent, and using putty and tubing made it so the evaporated liiquid would follow the tubing into a pail fiilled with ice, wrap around the ciircumfrence of the pail and drip out inito a mason jar. TL;DR: It sucked and we didnt make a lot of money but it was fun. Note: Im 24 now and i dont even drink anymore LMAO

@PMOAYHXM 3 года назад

BAHAHAHAHAHA

@eccomi21 5 лет назад

see i dont know where you live but to me saying "your local brewing store" sounds like "your local rocket science store"

@eccomi21 5 лет назад

@FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN we dont have something like that around here

@borttorbbq2556 5 лет назад

Where are you from brew stores are like all over America

@achilleslade3771 4 года назад

I've yet to find sodium metabisulfite at my local brewing store

@Godsglory777 4 года назад

LOL, for real...

@russellgoldman7431 4 года назад

Eccomi I’m with you. Idk where the local brewing store is and I live in downtown in one of the 15th largest cities in America.

@emperornero1932 2 года назад

Thanks, I'm into prepping and I needed to know how to make this in the case of treating wounds, sanitation,or bartering.

@MissionSilo 3 месяца назад

Same. It to learn chemistry and engineering. Ideas for any other projects?

@mikaelbjornson2666 7 лет назад

I did this. Before distillation I added a couple of grams of potassium permanganate to the wash. According to some sources, this oxidizes a lot of the badly tasting impurities that you get in the distillate (I think the english term is "heads". It's other alcohols, esters and oils with similar boiling point as the ethanol) and gives them a higher boiling point, making them easier to separate through distillation. I think it also oxidizes some of the ethanol, so you'll lose some in the process. But that's ok for me. And my alcohol actually tasted quite ok in the first run! Since I'm planning on using it for lab work, I will purify it further with activated charcoal and further distillation until it is perfectly tasteless.

@JackBettey 4 года назад

Who is here in April 2020 making hand sanitizer.

@VR-zh7lo 4 года назад

You're breaking my heart, John.

4 года назад

I’m on the N.Y./N.J. Border and making it is the only way. I thinking I may need moonshine videos! Stay safe.

@MrBugman2525 4 года назад

I was wondering if you can use E 85 but you would have to burn or distilled the 15% gasoline so you get 100% ethanol

@zer0b0t 4 года назад

@MrSting17 He did already, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m2DfCr2Qsx0.html

@rc3d490 4 года назад

@MrSting17 really only 96 grades kill coronavirus

@carljensen5730 Год назад

Great video. We bought a ranch a year ago with nearly 200 fruit trees. We found that the commercial avenues to sell fruit are too full of corrupt bureaucracies for us. Therefore, we use the fruit, give it away, and now I am going to start making alcohol fuel with whatever remains. It seems like a good way to make use of excess fruit/sugar. I am going to try the easy way, using active yeast from a lemonade/wine yeast formula that I have been using for nearly a year with great results. We'll see how it goes.

@abhishekrattan3508 7 лет назад

whoa !!!!! so many walter whites in comment section. !!!!

@SamBrickell 7 лет назад

You're God damn right!

@Felahliir 6 лет назад

Abdoh Ash Walter White is the protagonist of Breaking Bad, a chemistry teacher...

@dr.nug7103 5 лет назад

Abdoh Ash wtf😂

@commentingisawasteoftime7195 2 года назад

If anyone is looking to make a palatable drink, you can substitute the water and a small amount of sugar with shelf stable fruit juice. Another thing you can do is ferment faster with a strain of Norwegian Kviek yeast at higher temperatures. It has high flocculation and very little undesirable fusel production even at 80° farenheit

@Csmallo 2 года назад

Many years ago, I made some strawberry wine. I used a gallon jug with a sealing cap for the wine. For the gas lock, I drilled a hole through the cap, pushed a piece of hose through, put the outside end of the hose in a cup of water and sealed the bottle cap and the hose with melted wax. It worked. The cup of water allowed the CO2 to escape without allowing outside air into the bottle.

@danielanthony1054 Год назад

you don't really need an airlock. it slows down your fermentation. As someone who makes red wine i can assure you that you get quicker and better fermentations with an simple 5 gallon bucket and a lid which you remove every few hours to stir. I've made strawberry wine both ways (in a 1 gallon carboy with an airlock and another time in a 5 gallon bucket), the one hat had more alcohol was in the bucket. it also didn't have the bitter characteristics of the other one.

@hamboza010 7 лет назад

OK, Heisenberg.

@Renegade4_life 4 года назад

next week huhahahhaa

@hiramgarcialopez2125 4 года назад

Okay boomer

@Milk88488 4 года назад

But isnt hank the one who brewed beer?

@Appalling68 2 года назад

As a winemaker for over 25 years, I am absolutely LOL at this video! 😂

@unoriginal_guy6021 6 месяцев назад

Yeah 90% of the steps in this video are useless lol

@Drugdaisy 5 месяцев назад

@@unoriginal_guy6021but wouldnt doing it the "easy" way produce methanol?

@Noooiiiissseee 3 месяца назад

@@unoriginal_guy6021 Like what? I've been making mead for years and his steps are extremely basic.

@CzarownicaMarta 4 года назад

I know all this because my grandfather has been teaching me to cook since I was 10 years old. Now I make moonshine all the time as a by-product of the process of obtaining co2 gas for my underwater garden. If you distill it well, it's even suitable for sanitizing the toilet.

@normasamatra8153 4 года назад

Marta goodday. May i ask u something mam. What are the alternative yeast f the said yeast on the video is not available here in the philippines? And regarding to the sugar, do we need to buy like on the video o just a white one here in the philippines?

@CzarownicaMarta 4 года назад

@@normasamatra8153 Hi :) As well as dry yeast you can use fresh (the one selled in cubes and used for baking bread), if you have no access to any of those there is also wild yeast naturally occurring on fruit peels (but then the fermentation process usually is a bit longer due to small amounts, and a lot of stuff contaminates your final product). White sugar is the most pure, so no matter the brand any white one will be fine.

@chuckredd9131 2 года назад

Use to make ethanol, 20,000 gallons at a time. Used corn, yeast, water, boil it to get the sugar out of the corn then added the yeast and lastly distilled it in a 40ft. tower. Usually came out 80 to 110%. Final step was to ship it off to be put into gasoline. It tastes terrible, but you can run it thru a loaf of bread. Pour it over the bread in a plastic bag and let it run thru a small hole at bottom of bag.

@haimlig9839 4 года назад

Have to watch this, since, Alcohol is out of stock at any market or shops in the Philippines due to the Panic buying of people concerning the Coronavirus situation... This is actually really helpful. I'll buy and make the recipes tomorrow.

@ke6gwf 4 года назад

Just remember that you need to get the alcohol concentration pretty high to be effective as a disenfectant.

@Vlek 4 года назад

@@ke6gwf you think this man out here going to disinfect stuff nah man, hes gonna make high qualllity vodka obviously

@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059 7 лет назад

Another thing to note, when brewing alcohol, you don't want much air in the containers. It can cause a higher chance of ruining your batch

@Beanpolr Год назад

The air will be pushed out by the CO2 once fermentation begins. It's alright if there's air when you start the process, in fact for the first 24 hours it's actually recommended to leave the container covered but not sealed, so that the yeast can focus on multiplying at first. That way once you do seal it and the fermentation fully begins, you get more alcohol faster. Essentially more bang for your buck, as if you seal it immediately the yeast won't multiply nearly as much.

@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059 Год назад

@@Beanpolr While I can’t remember what I was thinking when I wrote this, it was 6 years ago after all, I don’t remember ever believing anything other than what you just said. Which leads me to think I was probably referring more to airborne contamination, with a larger volume of air leading to more possible contamination. Though, when I think about that now, while it would certainly have some effect, I’m really not sure how much impact there would really be (After all, if you’re working in a clean environment, how much more sterile does the air really need to be? They’re not mushrooms). I suppose I could also have been referring to oxidation after the fermentation process has already finished? The wording seems a bit off for that though, since I cautioned against air during the brewing process as a whole. I could also have just been wrong and somehow learned later on and forgot not knowing. Who knows? Wild how little you remember 6 years ago.

@superconductives88 4 года назад

Holy crap who knew how relevant this would be in 2020

@TheHayruss 2 года назад

I never had any issues making the biggest mobs of pure ethanol 20 years ago. 10Kg sugar made into a sugar syrup, chuck that into a 40L fermenter, top up with tap water (in my case bore water). Living in the tropics I had to use a temp tollerent yeast and threw that in there as well, gave it a mix with the broom handle and put the lid on. would start bubbling thru the water trap in a few hours and complete fermentation in less than 6 days 35L at approx 12 - 15%. I made a reflux still from an old 20L tea urn 1m tall 50mm copper pipe for the column with stainless steel scourers and a Nelson head with 2 copper condensors in the vapour trail. This made me 4L of the closest thing you can get to pure ethanol there is in open air. Diluted by 50% transfered to 2.5L juice bottles and added some chipped used bourbon barrels available from the home brew shop (mail order), leave it for a week. Cheapest 8L of Bourbon after 2 weeks from pitching the yeast, very drinkable and got better the longer you let it in contact with the wood chips.

@highihigh 8 лет назад

Am dtunk now

@zombiesslayerr8998 8 лет назад

hahhaha

@sprsae9003 6 лет назад

highihigh too drunk to be here.. either do idiotic shit with friends or sleep at this point

@LetsPlayKenny 6 лет назад

So you made the alchol and then came back to the video weeks afterwards? god i swear youtube is filled with kids these days.

@RimWulf 5 лет назад

Your but drink I'm funk

@silverwheelchairiot6525 5 лет назад

Hey Kenny I think you missed the joke Or I did I'm not smart

@michaelnone1437 2 года назад

If you do this and then distill the product drinking it can be very dangerous. Yeast produces methanol in addition to ethanol. While drinking the diluted solution would not be dangerous the distilled and more concentrated solution can cause some serious risks including blindness. Distillers throw away the methanol during distillation which renders ethanol but if you don't know how to do this you could be causing yourself some serious harm by drinking it.

@joshuatremper5026 Месяц назад

If you run it through charcoal it removes that trash like methanol and fuesel oils.

@michaelnone1437 Месяц назад

@@joshuatremper5026 You're partially correct. Activated charcoal will remove the feusel oils and organic compounds but it will not remove the methanol. The methanol and ethanol form a bond that can broken by heat.

@rickgano75 4 года назад

"keep everything sterile...", As he sticks his finger in the yeast.

@naomiali5802 4 года назад

Hahah MAGA

@marszpacemusic 3 года назад

Nilered's whole skin is always sterile... (joke btw)

@yahirgarcia667 Год назад

Can I use this as fuel for my car

@itsmebutwhoami8177 4 года назад

"local brewing store" well i've never seen a brewing store in my life

@onistgaming5177 4 года назад

When was the last time you looked for one though?

@sjmaisano28 4 года назад

To the person questioning " brewing store comnents. You're trolling for errors Find something else to do. Don't make this because you'll criticise yourself out of making it

@jasonlarsen4945 3 года назад

That's weird.

@KallePihlajasaari 3 года назад

Most Finnish supermarkets have a small home brewing section. You can get the required bits and bobs and yeasts and chemicals. They also have various essences to turn cheap vodka into a faux gin or something with liquorice flavour. In countries where home brewing is legal you should find such a shop in large cities. These days you can get almost all of the required from the net.

@ياسرجراد-ج1ص 8 лет назад

انت مبدع وفنان عاشت ايدك ارنا المزيد شكرا

@ilyesilyes941 4 года назад

ممكن مكونات ومقدارهم

@CanonFirefly 5 лет назад

I recommend a bit of cling wrap over the top of your fermenter held on by an elastic band. It will still allow Co2 to escape and prevent microbes and air from entering and then you don't need to clean or buy an airlock. To help get the yeast to settle (flocculate) once fermentation is finished, I recommend chilling the fermenter in the fridge.

@MichaelClark-uw7ex 4 года назад

Or add bentonite clay. That's what home brewers, vintners and mazers use to get it to settle quicker.

@johnsonguitarstudio 2 года назад

1:25 "Because we're fermenting just sugar, we don't really need to use any yeast nutrient packages. The yeast nutrient packages prevent the yeast from getting 'stuck' in their fermentation process. However, because we're fermenting just sugar, and we're using high alcohol tolerance yeast, we really shouldn't have a problem with getting stuck." 1:55 "Some of these yeasts advertise that you can get alcohol percentages of up to 18%, but that's rarely attainable. Always assume that you're going to cap out at about 15%-- *if* you're lucky." ... that's because you're getting stuck fermentation because you're not using any nutrients.

@TheSnakeboy11 5 лет назад

6:11 bro you have some maddd stirring skillzzz

@ethanwild3301 7 лет назад

"AT YOUR LOCAL BREWING STORE" are Sure about that

@justsomedude4660 5 лет назад

America my friend

@harrisonwilbanks2380 5 лет назад

@@justsomedude4660 dumbass. There are no local brewing stores. Idk what America you live in lol.

@S.S.250 5 лет назад

There's a brewing store in the Bay Area, Ca

@brendanberto-jones3352 5 лет назад

Harrison Wilbanks I can walk like 20 min to mine and there are like 3 more in town lol

@kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub 4 года назад

Harrison Wilbanks several by me

@Denofu 4 года назад

We've been doing this in Finland for years already. It's called Kilju

@Denofu 4 года назад

@Bhow Bhow Hahaha, no. Kilju doesn't produce metanol and if you somehow fuck it up (which you have to be a degenerate to fuck up mixing yeast water and sugar) it's okay since if you get it to produce metanol it's only in miniscule amounts which will just get nullified by the etanol in the drink.

@Snufkin812 Год назад

I got to know this sugar wine, called 'Kilju' in Finland, in a game called 'My Summer Car'. I bought some yeast a few days ago and finally made this for the first time this morning. I made a 600ml portion just in case it didn't taste good or failed, and now all I have to do is wait 2-3 weeks. What if you add a small amount of honey to this? I added 20g of honey after hearing advice on the web that it is difficult to produce alcohol with just sugar. Whether for a science experiment or just to get drunk on the cheap, this is definitely a fun drink!

@nbarrager 4 года назад

Have you noticed a spike in views since the coronavirus pandemic?

@Teturising 6 лет назад

the illicit liquor distillers in Africa thank you for this video hahaha,,!! here in Africa, they add one secret ingredient to add on 'taste' and potency: formalin ! we so lucky to be embalmed alive..

@bigboineptune9567 5 лет назад

That stuff is metabolized to formic acid, which can make you go blind. Same reason why drinking methanol can kill, except the methanol is first metabolized to formalin, which is then metabolized to formic acid.

@MyProjectWeekend 2 года назад

It’s crazy how easy it is to make alcohol! Thanks for the video.

@jacobhargiss3839 2 года назад

Yeah, pretty much just patience.

@fizzyplazmuh9024 3 года назад

And I bothered to use ethanol production recently to bottle my sister some muskadine wine from her wild grapes. I also fermented some apple juice with a ton of added table sugar and got four 3 liter bottles of what tasted just like pineapple soda beer. I was surprised how strong it turned out. I quite love the taste though. Now I want to figure out how to leave as much of the alcohol out as possible. I do NOT like being drunk at all. Cheers to the rest of you though!

@joltjolt5060 2 года назад

I guess you just use less yeast and ferment less time?

@benlunn4006 4 года назад

I've been making alcohol for consumption via the sugar wash method for years. If you use good quality activated charcoal filtration filtration it tastes better than shop bought alcohol. Perhaps brewing yeasts and filtration has come a little further since this video, i do know other people that brew with sugar washes, and they taste quite bad. However i've found once distilled, watered down to 40-42% and filtered 5 times, it's great!

@TNUni167 4 года назад

I've been subscribed since 2012 to this channel... I love what you've done Nile. This video comes in clutch in a time like this. I've adapted your method and use sous vide to avoid any open flames near the distillation apparatus.

@nilnileer 3 месяца назад

NileRed wasn't made in 2012.

@d3fau1thmph 3 года назад

As a chemist I think you should avoid turning food into solvent and insteadd use hydrated PE (depolymerized).

@frankmancuso4065 2 года назад

Hi nice video , I will say a very inexpensive way to distill without building a still is to buy a water distiller that makes distilled water ,they hold a gallon of wash and roughly you will get a quart of alcohol , taking a liquid shot out at first or the bad alcohol and fill your quart jar 80% , so no need to worry about the heads or bad stuff in the begining or at the end weak alcohol the tails. Also using this type of distiller you dont have to worry about running out of water as they can doing the water , and cracking the bottom of the distiller machine , something to think about takes around 28 minutes or so per gallon of wash to get the quart of good stuff , have a nice day frank

@sheilarodgers721 5 лет назад

Nile it says on the packet 1 packet for every 5 gallons... Not 2 liters. Damn bro.

@macklinmollard4045 4 года назад

It's a bit wasteful but considering he's not using any yeast nutrient its probably for the best, as 1 packet worth of yeast would take ages to ferment

@REVJC 3 года назад

Thank you ... I was like wow lol

@JakubMareda 8 лет назад

This video has really good commentary. It's rare to hear such a clear commentary, good job. But what did you exactly mean be "clearing agent"?

@VilleRuokonen 7 лет назад

Jakub Mareda something to make the yeast settle at the bottom, perhaps?

@dickhedd8490 6 лет назад

Ville Ruokonen Like diametacious clay or something like that?

@bigrodboys7888 6 лет назад

Dude if you love his commentary so much why dont you marry it?

@bigrodboys7888 6 лет назад

GAy

@maxischerr 6 лет назад

Jakub Mareda The cheapest clearing agent is gelantin (best you google your self how to use it). Work great! If you have time, just let it clean it self, takes about a week up to a month, depends on your wash. This way is much more efficient and works better!

@dpanek 8 лет назад

If you're boiling the water there's no need to sanitize the pot beforehand. Same with buying distilled water.

@MatoNupai 8 лет назад

Best way to sanitize everything is to use 1 campden tablet per gallon of must. Wait 24 hours add your yeast abd install an airlock abd you're off to the races.

@StanSwan 5 лет назад

You can't brew with distilled water it will never ferment.

@StanSwan 5 лет назад

@@MatoNupai Way too long iodine takes 30 min.

@Sarge92 5 лет назад

eh wont kill you to sanitize it before

@Sarge92 5 лет назад

@@StanSwan err why exactly is that?

@squidcaps4308 2 года назад

We made some distillates lately and what we found was that just soaking roasted sticks of different woods create AMAZING stuff, really smooth.. and tasted like it is aged... Which made me think just how many of the stuff we have in stores are actually aged, the taste was soo similar. I've worked behind a bar, so not a stranger to higher prices stuff.

@beekeeper6957 2 года назад

Interesting! Any tips on how to roast the wood, and what type etc 🙏🏼

@squidcaps4308 2 года назад

@@beekeeper6957 Not yet, we are just at the beginning, having one very successful batch and another of a bit "meh" results, still good but more bitter.

@TheMilkman710 Год назад

Each of those yeast packages is enough to ferment 5 gallons of wash

@zakirreshi6737 4 года назад

In india, during covid lockdown when people were told sensitiser contain alcohol, lots of people drunk sanitizer some died and some lost vision.

@alice_in_wonderland42 4 года назад

Methanol poisoning, commercially available ethanol is mixed with methanol and other poisonous stuff to prevent ppl from drinking it but ppl, lol

@achilleslade3771 4 года назад

Not all alcohol is the same. An alcohol is any molecule that has a hydroxyl group bound to a carbon that has 3 or more substituents. And almost all alcohols (and their metabolites) have varying effects on the human body. For example, methanol itself is not what causes blindness, but rather its metabolites formic acid and formaldehyde. As an example here are 5 alcohols and their effects: Methanol: Toxic to CNS, poisonous Ethanol (drinking alcohol): Intoxicant, relatively safe in acute exposure but toxic in long term Propanol (I/N): Toxic, poisonous Butanol (N/S/T): Intoxicant, 6 times as potent as ethanol Benzyl alcohol: Non intoxicating, nontoxic, used as fragrance This is why chemistry is important. It should be known that something as small as an atom can make a world of difference. As another example, N-propanol is related to allyl alcohol in that N-propanol has two extra hydrogen atoms in the molecule. N-propanol is safe for use on skin as a disinfectant, while allyl alcohol is highly toxic and if a drop of it falls on your skin you will most likely die. Just two hydrogen atoms are the difference between life saving disinfectant and extremely lethal poison.

@alice_in_wonderland42 4 года назад

@Joe Owens in some states govt banned alcohol, bc a lot of men drank low quality alcohol and caused a lot of domestic violence so to reduce it govt banned it.