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Has anyone here ever tried to re-pitch turbo yeast? If so what kind of results did you get?
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I have tried it with very little success. After action review, I found that the Turbo contains many other nutrients that the yeast need to survive. My wash was sugar and water, without the nutirent base it could not survive. I suppose you could pick up some yeast nutrient and give it a shot, I ferment 15 - 20 gal at a time it was cheaper to get the 2 packs of turbo for me than 6 packs of yeast nutirent.
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Ati2ude
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Thanks for the input. I was thinking about maybe next time I make a 12 gallon batch to pitch one normal pack of Black Label with the nuturents included and re-pitch some used yeast instead of the second pack.
The yeast is certainly cheap enough, it's the shipping that's a killer. I guess I should just order a bunch of yeast at one time instead of one or two packs just when I need them.
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I've been considering trying this myself for some time. The main reason is that ALL shipping costs are expensive where I live. Also, I have a local brew shop, and hence adequate access to yeast nutrients and vitamins. The only thing they DON'T carry is turbo yeast, so I'd like to pitch it myself. I found a very good thread about yeast farming in general on an australian site [ READ], and have printed it out, but have yet to give it a shot. I have one more packet of turbo yeast left unopened, and am boning up on this info before I start the next batch. If anything, it's worth a shot, and I like being self-sufficient. If you're really serious, you could follow the same route that this fellow did, but that looks pretty involved for a hobbyist, and I don't know how it eventually turned out for him, though I must admit I share his motivations.
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FYI: I posted this question on another forum as well and got the following response:
'Turbo Yeast contains minerals and vitamins in addition to yeast. That is why it works so well in a plain sugar wash.
What I do is make a plain sugar wash, pitch with turbo, when finished I rack the wash off the sludge in the bottom leaving about 1 inch of liquid.
Then use that sludge / liquid to make rum with ,molasses and sugar, OR ,brown sugar,
The molasses provides all the extras the yeast needs.
I have made 3 consecutive batches of rum, Total of 4 batches from 1 pack of turbo yeast.
I have tried several types and it works well with everything I have tried
Good luck
PS Don't use turbo for grain washes use whiskey yeast'
I haven't personlly tried this yet but I plan to. Just thought I'd share it with you folks. I would sure love to get four batches out of one pack of yeast! I will post my results when I try it out.
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