When making some kind of alcoholic beverage, is it necessary to use Brewer's Yeast? Or will any kind of yeast work? If not, what is different about brewer's yeast, and where can it be acquired? Thanks

Well, since there is such a thing as "baker's yeast" I"m assuming that brewer's yeast has some unique trait that makes it better for brewing.

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Fleischmann's active dry yeast works fine and nearly every store has it. I ferment stuff all the time. The highly active kind costs about 50 cents more and it ferments a little fastter.

There is different kinds of yeast, for instance turbo yeast can ferment something it 1 day! Normally it takes 7-10 days.

[This message has been edited by pyro9555 (edited 12-11-2003).]

Brewers yeast makes higher alcohol %s...

theres something about brewers yeast that ferments a little differently... lets say you're making wine, the taste is a lot more "winish" than with bakers yeast.

Moving to Lab Tips.

if you are trying to make high proof alcohol and not beer (which would involve a wort solution made from yeast), go with corn... it will distill better.