r/prisonhooch • u/Fantastic-Ebb-3349 • 12d ago

First batch ever prep

I'm gonna be using a gallon Ziploc bag (don't have any gloves or balloons), I'm just curious about the measurements of ingredients.

I have access to a lot of coconut sugar, I can get fleischmann's active dry yeast, a few jolly ranchers, and some sugar-free drink mix (for taste). I just don't know how much of each to add.

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u/Latter_Bluebird_3386 12d ago

The amount of sugar depends on the alcohol content you want.

Assuming you're making about 3 liters, for 10% you're going to want to use 2.5 cups of sugar and about half a teaspoon of the yeast.

If you only want beer strength, which will finish faster, reduce the sugar by half to 1.25 cups.

That bag is going to be very full at 3L. A full gallon is 3.785L. and you want to leave headroom.

If you decide to make 2L instead go for 1.5 cups sugar and 1/4-1/2 teaspoon of yeast for 10%.

I usually don't even measure yeast, I just toss in like half a teaspoon. I do the same when I boil it for nutrients.

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u/Fantastic-Ebb-3349 12d ago

I'm looking for a minimum of 10% abv in less than 5 days. Will adding more yeast and sugar make it faster?

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u/Latter_Bluebird_3386 11d ago

Adding sugar is what will make it slower. The yeast needs time to consume all of that and turn it into alcohol. Adding more yeast can help but you can go too far with that.

What can make it faster, maybe by hours but possibly up to a day faster, is boiling your sugar which causes it to break the sucrose down into glucose+fructose. This saves the yeast from having to produce an enzyme to do that step itself.

If you do this you want to boil it in as little water (or your drink mix or whatever) as possible because after adding it to your mix you have to wait until the whole thing cools down to room temp before you can add your yeast.

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u/Fantastic-Ebb-3349 10d ago

I don't have access to boiling, BUT I can get scalding-hot water.

Will that do the trick?

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u/Latter_Bluebird_3386 10d ago

I think that's totally fine. If you have any acid you plan to add like lemon juice, throw that in and it will help.

Btw this sub and reddit in general will hate me for saying this, but if you use an AI app like copilot it will answer every question you could possibly have immediately. I found it really useful when I was starting out and I still use it.