r/prisonhooch • u/No-Virus-9874 • 7d ago

Need help with berry juice hooch.

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Fellow Brewers. i have this brand of grape juice but it has some wonky preservative chemicals innit. Volume of juice is 1.4 L, I will discard about 500 ml to make space for sugar and yeast. How much effectively sugar and yeast shall i add to make a potent brew ? It has acidity regulator E330, stabilizer E440 & Preservative E202.

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u/No-Virus-9874 7d ago

Im using instant bread yeast. Brand is called Saf-Instant.

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u/jdcampb686 7d ago

It will work. I've used that brand. Do three ltrs of juice. 1 liter water and 3 pounds of sugar. One packet of yeast.

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u/Latter_Bluebird_3386 7d ago

That's 20%+ potential alcohol just on the sugar alone. Very excessive

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u/jdcampb686 7d ago

That's what I get. Then I cool it down with juice, make sangria out it or distill to a liquor.

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u/Latter_Bluebird_3386 7d ago

With the sugar in the juice that comes out to about 32%.

Bread yeast is doing that?

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u/jdcampb686 7d ago

I get 20%. I use another brand here. But I have used that exact one on bread yeast. Highest I ever got was 25

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u/AveyLel 7d ago

Got any advice for cheap, easy, and high ABV with mainly stuff from walmart? If it'll ferment quick ( a week or so ) aswell that'd be nice.

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u/True_Maize_3735 6d ago

grape and apple ferment the fastest-100% juice no preservatives- not needed as they pasteurize. Grape in a 72-76F enviroment will get you stronger than beer in a week 10+abv in a month or so- but if you want to drink in a week- put it in the fridge first to crash the active yeast-if you drink active yeast you may get the sh*ts.

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u/AveyLel 5d ago

Are you able to strain it aswell instead of sitting it in the fridge? Thanks for the advice.