This is the only video you need to make
four and a half gallons
of 20 percent alcohol at home.
Take notes ... Get yourself a five gallon
bucket
fill the bucket
with 4 and 1/2
gallons of water.
Mark the level of the water on the bucket
itself.  
My bucket is transparent so I mark it
on the outside.  If you have a bucket
through which you cannot see the water
level, mark the water
by scratching or scoring the inside at
the top of the four and one half gallon level.
 
Now pour all of the water out!
 I like to sanitize all my equipment
I use
StarSan sanitizer ... 1/2 ounce of StarSan
 for two and one half
gallons of water.
I sanitize all my equipment
in this bucket ... then I sanitize the
bucket.
StarSan has a tendency to make foam.
Do not fear the foam.
 The foam wiil not affect the taste of your alcohol.
Here is the secret recipe.
If you want to do it really cheap
get yourself a 25 pound bag of sugar.
I got mine at Sam's Club, where it cost only
12 bucks.
If you want to start small, just buy
3 five-pound bags of sugar
and expect to pay about
12 bucks.
 For this recipe you want to use 12 pounds of sugar.
12 pounds.
Put the sugar in the bucket.
Next you will add boiling water.
 
I use my Dutch oven to boil six quarts of water at a time.
 
Stir this until all the sugar is dissolved
It only takes about two minutes for it
to turn to a golden liquid.
Draw another pot of water ...
This time make it
cold water.
Another six quarts.
Add the cold water to the bucket.
Take the temperature of the water. 
between
You want a temperature between 100 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
At a little over 100 degrees here, we are
"in the zone"!
This is the turbo yeast you should use.
It's called AlcoTec 48.
It's the number-one turbo
used on the market.
You can pick this up on e-bay. 
Search eBay for AlcoTec 48.
 
Any yeast
will make alcohol ... but this
will make twenty percent alcohol!
Baker's yeast, which is used to make
bread,
can produce between 4 percent and 8 percent
alcohol.
Brewers yeast,
which is used to make beer, can produce
between
8 percent and 14 percent alcohol.
That's why you should use turbo yeast.
Turbo yeast can make alcohol between
14 percent and 20 percent.
 
Measure out 92 grams of yeast,
which is equivalent to
three and one quarter ounces.
Add this yeast to the bucket.
Then stir the solution for one minute.
Next you're gonna draw 6 more quarts of water, but before drawing it,
adjust the temperature so that it's
between 100 and 110 degrees.
You're not gonna pour all of this
into the bucket, just fill the bucket up
to where you marked it.
This is the top of the bucket.
Fermentation will produce carbon dioxide.
This is the hole
with the carbon dioxide gas will escape.
This is an air lock.
For some fermentations you want to use
an air lock.
You do not use an air lock for this
project.
But you do want to cover the hole.  So take
a clean cloth,
and a rubber band, and cover the hole.
 
Just put this in a room that stays warm.
In the winter,
I like to use a heat belt. 
You can buy a heat belt anyplace that sells beer making supplies, or
wine making supplies. That's what I did,
and I paid thirty dollars for this one - ouch!
 I am sure you can find a cheaper
heat belt on eBay.
 
In the beginning you want to listen for
the sound of fermentation.
There is no sound at first - this is
normal - don't worry.
Come back one hour later.  [MICROPHONE PICKS UP FIZZING NOISE]
Now you have to wait five days.
It may be less than five days,
It may be more - especially during the
cold season.
Listen to your brew!  When the
fermentation
stops completely, when you hear very
little noise,
when you see very few bubbles rising,
and when you can see the alcohol is
beginning to clear,
then it is time to rack your wine.
Because, technically speaking,
this is sugar wine. 
My favorite container is a large glass jalapeno jar.
Each one of these will hold a half
gallon.
This project will yield several gallons
of product,
so get ready with clean containers.
8 days later,
it is time to siphon the wine.
When the liquid level in the bucket
gets low enough,
you can pour directly from the bucket.  But pour slowly, because
the bottom of the bucket has collected
dead yeast.
Here's a half gallon container
with two quarts of wine.  One quart,
or half at this, will get you very, very
drunk, so be careful.
Also it tastes, a little bit like yeast.
How do you solve both problems?
Make mixed drinks!
Let's go viral.
Okay, I have to go to bed now.
 
 
