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NileRed (on YouTube) made alcohol from toilet paper to show what's possible. Btw, distilling already removes most byproducts. (But you might still want to age
by eru 2y ago
NileRed (on YouTube) made alcohol from toilet paper to show what's possible.
Btw, distilling already removes most byproducts. (But you might still want to age.) Your comment seems a bit confused about straight up fermented products vs distilling fermented products.
I'm not sure you can get 20%-30% alcohol just from using fermentation. 18% is already a stretch and requires a lot of tricks. But you can get to your 20%-30% easily with some basic distilling equipment.
- throwup238 2y agoDistillation removes most byproducts but not enough to really matter. Their boiling points aren’t different enough and like with ethanol, distillation concentrates the bad stuff. It depends on the fermentation source but even vodka becomes significantly more drinkable when properly filtered. 18% requires a lot of tricks if you’re going the classical EC1118 route* but you can easily get 20% in a week or two from just turbo yeast (although its nigh undrinkable). I haven’t seen many reliable reports of 30% but plenty of 24-26%. * which IIRC is capable of 21% en extremis
- eru 2y agoAgreed. Distillation removes most _kinds_ of byproducts, but leaves some kinds nearly untouched. Eg no sugars come over, but unless really careful you get all kinds of weird other alkanols, like methanol, and other volatile crap. Filtering can remove that crap, yes. I didn't know that there are yeasts that are so much more alcohol tolerant. Interesting.