sugar wine part 1 simple home brew

hey youtubers,
so i am being cryptic for this project, well for now at least :)
this is the most basic brewing that you can do. its simple and is the base for making a whole variety of drinks.

[@Demiglitch]

Very good sugar wine! I love this, strong as hell! I pay well for this.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

It's a classic 😉

[@daedracrab1210]

hahahaha...my summer car brought you here...lol

[@bozonoah2198]

@@daedracrab1210same lol ended up making it

[@ObamaoZedong]

You can also freeze distill this into sugar vodka. Just place the sugar wine in the freezer until it's mostly solid, then pour out the liquid and let it drip for a bit. Since alcohol freezes at a lower temperature than water, the alcohol melts off first leaving you with a much higher proof.

[@Coproquim]

Would that work the same if I froze some in a wide pan, and took the ice from the top every hour or so?

[@emmittmaximus6619]

bro please answer if i use water instead of juice will it reduce the horrible hangovers from the methanol?

[@ObamaoZedong]

@@emmittmaximus6619 Methanol is made by the wrong type of yeast.

[@emmittmaximus6619]

@@ObamaoZedong but i’m saying if i used water bread yeast and sugar only, then freeze distilled it, would it still have just as much methanol? because apparently you feel like absolute shit i. the morning from the wine but the sugar wash is said to be better to reduce

[@ObamaoZedong]

@@emmittmaximus6619 It doesn't matter whether you use sugar water or juice. *You absolutely must not use bread yeast.* That can make you go blind my dude. You have to use brewer's yeast. They make turbo yeast that yields 25% alcohol. Or get wine yeast or beer yeast. Just do not use bread yeast.

[@dacelooper]

I get 12% all day long with standard store-bought bread yeast. Works fine 👍 also, a non-lubricated condom with a pin hole makes a far better airlock.

[@richardhonour1522]

Why not use a standard Air lock?

[@riddersjc]

Dude, let the guy find a use for that condom that's been sitting in his wallet. We're homebrewers because we probably aren't needing them for anything else. Also it's novel to use a damaged condom _before_ consuming alcohol...

[@tarinsinthia1965]

How much yeast did you use?

[@maldeewilliams9641]

Hi can you do the same for brown sugar?

[@lisasmith516]

COOL! Thx

[@spanthrax]

would something like this be good for topping off after losing volume when making other wines?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

It could, usually adding more sugar after fermentation is for carbonation.

[@slickaree]

5l water can 4l of water 1kg of sugar 12.5grams of dry yeast Put 4l of water into the can put sugar in mix it up put yeast in mix again let it sit for 8 days

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

NodusXD hey, is this your recipe for making a sugar wash? It has the potential to be pretty strong, how do you overcome the yeast getting stuck or is it quite sweet?

[@slickaree]

If i understood you correctly the yeast is all over the place but i put it to snow for a day so the yeast goes to the bottom. Then i take the wine from the can with a siphon (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphon) and so the yeast shit thing stays at the bottom. Im sorry for my bad English, im Finnish :DDD (And what im brewing is called kilju in Finland, you should do research on it. There actually is alot of forums with recipes for brewing kilju and yeah :D) Hopefully you understood something from what i wrote.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Hey, I know kilju or goats piss as it's sometimes called :) My sugar wine is a more refined version of it that ends up dry but does take longer.

[@slickaree]

Oh nice :D I see.

[@vabaaz5862]

Onha se iha juotavaa

[@sarcasmo57]

Wild and cheap, how it should be. Great job!

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, Thanks it's always nice to be appreciated :)

[@rivenmain2175]

wow sarcasmo57!! i love your channel! what a nice coincidence to see you here

[@sarcasmo57]

@@rivenmain2175 Thank you so much.

[@codingfun63]

i just made 25L of sugar wine...its called a wash....tomorrow i turn it into ethanol :) glad its legal to distill .....

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

lol, lucky for some. :P

[@googll1]

​@@makinghomebrewwildandcheaphi sir .. you didn't say in the video how many days we need to let the mixture ferment ?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

@@googll1 hey, it's about 30 days or until it goes clear again. :)

[@joenobody571]

This is something I will try very soon I made bearded and boards apple cider but I drank it as wine and I was wondering do you think it would be good to use coffee instead of water

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Well you can use coffee If you want to. Coffee wine is not bad but does need a bit of aging :)

[@brodylockley3141]

Can I run this through a still

[@munchymankenny1789]

This wouldve been useful as a minor

[@anon-gz2fy]

it is trust me

[@pyrozmbies9363]

i'm a minor and i just make kvass with extra sugar and leave it sit longer, my parents think im just making a russian probiotic drink

[@ayoubabuayyash1811]

@@pyrozmbies9363 I got a batch fermenting in my closet rn

[@pyrozmbies9363]

@@ayoubabuayyash1811 what's in it?

[@ayoubabuayyash1811]

@@pyrozmbies9363 sugar water yeast

[@MrChrispegg68]

Had a lot of fun with this tried Tesco bread yeast, Young's Super Wine Yeast and a Turbo and inspired me on to Applejack, tinned peach wine and an orange one ....thanks!....never done or considered until watching some of your vids....how about a nettle wine I have plenty in my garden so that WOULD be cheap!

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

i haven't made a nettle wine in a very long time. for me nettles are like stone soup, adding alot of other things so its not just a stone in water :) i may have to revisit it to see if it can be made..... tasty :D

[@SombreroPharoah]

@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap for this time of year onward. It'll be a little tedious, but the nettle flowers make a delightful wine. For extra sweetness add some Lamium Purpurea (purple dead nettle) flowers.

[@caretakerfoch6103]

A pal of mine who lived in Central America told me he'd made a great sparkling wine that was like champagne. All he had used was stalks of sugar cane densely packed vertically in a big pot, which he had boiled up and then added yeast. BTW is your sugar wine sparkling and would a champagne yeast make it so?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

nice, some real sugar cane wine, bet it would taste lovely :) this sugar wine is a base for mixing with other things as it's just refined sugar it doesn't have a lot of taste on it's own. you could try pepping it up with a bit of brown sugar. :) the thing about making drinks sparkling is you can use any yeast to do it as they all work the same way, eat sugar, make alcohol and fart co2 :P a good example is beer and also a good place to get carbonation guides from so you don't make bottle bombs too :)

[@dustinirwin7935]

You can just use a balloon. Poke holes so gas gets out and cant get in

[@tedlofland3446]

Kilju is the same but with some lemon juice and fresh or dried mint in a brew bag, 10 times tastier.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

I take it you didn't see the other part to this video

[@sgtpepper8148]

I used the turbo yeast once made 16% in 48 hours tastedlike watered down vodka i was very impressed

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, indeed turbo yeast are really good for sugar brews and who can argue with the speed it makes alcohol :)

[@K.F.L]

Is this safe from botulism? I've watched a few videos using oranges pulped and people saying this is a low risk so use grape juice instead. On discovering this video using no fruit, seems like it would be the safest version if im correct? Awesome video by the way 😀👍

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

It's completely safe, we are not living in the middle ages 😂 do you go onto the supermarket or fruit and veg shop and ask that? If the answer is no you don't and people are not dropping like flies after eating a salad or an apple then you're going to be fine 😉

[@gdbutroid]

Hi just found this video ,thought I'd have a go at making sugar wine, I followed all of the method and popped it a dark spot in my spare room, but looking at it this morning it's not done much and having looked at the still spring water bottle found that the mineral analysis included chloride would this cause fermentation to not happen ?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Hi, if you only added a light sprinkle of yeast it will take an extra day or so to culture.

[@gdbutroid]

@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap thank you so much for the advice, loving the vids by the way make a lot of sense to me, keep up the good work, cheers 🍻

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

@@gdbutroid thanks very much, been on a break but I am about to begin again all refreshed and ready to brew 😎

[@futtbucker1136]

Hey approximatley how long will this process take if i use bread yeast

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, forever, bread yeast won't brew that high and if it gets close you won't want to drink it.

[@futtbucker1136]

@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap would it come out decent if i were to do the freeze distillation ?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

not so much, freeze distilling is best kept to real yeasts, the off flavors made by bread yeast are concentrated and makes something that was a little funky in to something that smells like a wet dog. if you are set on using bread yeast there is a play list on my channel page called brewing with bread yeast. they have been adapted for bread yeast brewing ( lower alcohol ) and taste not too bad considering its bread yeast

[@futtbucker1136]

@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap appreciate it

[@lily91109]

I've used bread yeast before! It was fucking disgusting, but I got drunk. Be prepared to throw up everywhere.

[@djrancho2232]

How strong will it be and thanks for the recipe!

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Hey, once finished it's around 40% :)

[@taxitrekking]

How long does it take to ferment, please? About 2 weeks or so? Thanks in advance.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, it takes around 4 weeks to finish and clear :)

[@taxitrekking]

@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap so can I add some finings after about 3 weeks to clear it, like I would to wine?

[@MrEZMuch]

Great video but I am wondering what sort of temperature do I need to keep it at, all over my house is quite cold and want the optimum conditions for it. Thanks.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Hey, love the name :) if you can keep your wine yeast around 12 Celsius it will happily ferment away. Of course you can buy brew belts but that's for the hard core brewers :)

[@MrEZMuch]

That's brilliant, thank you for the speedy reply and the help, I sure hope me and my friends enjoy the brew when its done much love from Iceland

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, no problem. if you go through the step of freeze distilling/ freeze refraction you can add jelly to it for some wicked shots :D if you run in to any problems i'm about. cheers

[@MrEZMuch]

making homebrew wild and cheap Hey again, so my brew has been sat for 24 hours now and is fairly cloudy with bubbles forming on top and a layer of what I’m guessing is sugar at the bottom, how will I know if I’ve done the process wrong and if it’s okay how long does it need leaving for it to be done, thanks as always.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, good to see you gave it a try :) if you dissolved the sugar in the water then the bottom layer is yeast crud or the crust if you want to get all technical :) from what you have said it's going well and looks about the same as the video @ 8min24. if it starts growing mold or it smells of strong vinegar then it gone wrong but from what you have said it's all good. it will take 3-4 weeks to complete, you will know its done when it turns back to a clear liquid with a layer of white ish at the bottom.

[@Mn-yh2bp]

I have personally fermented up to 16 ABV with bred yeast

[@TasunkeWakinyan007]

Following the same process, how many days of fermentation?

[@Mn-yh2bp]

There are times that I can remember. 1 took about a mouth or 2, the other about 3 months if I remember correctly but bother where close to a year ago and i don’t have access to the notes I took at the time. So it could been longer. 1 I was using crushed grapes and sugar, the other i used cand peaches sugar and honey. On the peaches I miss badly calculated how much sugar I need to add and it kept going bone dry and I kept adding more sugar and then at the end honey. But if memory serves with the grapes it went 15 or 16% right off the bat.

[@Mn-yh2bp]

TasunkeWakinyan007 There are times that I can remember. 1 took about a mouth or 2, the other about 3 months if I remember correctly but bother where close to a year ago and i don’t have access to the notes I took at the time. So it could been longer. 1 I was using crushed grapes and sugar, the other i used cand peaches sugar and honey. On the peaches I miss badly calculated how much sugar I need to add and it kept going bone dry and I kept adding more sugar and then at the end honey. But if memory serves with the grapes it went 15 or 16% right off the bat.

[@akashb2720]

How much baker's yeast show we use? If I am using 2 litres of water, how much sugar should I add? I don't have yeast nutrient...any alternative? Can you specify quantities a little for me. You said something about baker's yeast and 6%..what was that? Kindly reply.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Hey, I would suggest none. This is a wine recipe and not meant for bread yeast. If you are looking to use bread yeast, try my brewing with bread yeast play list. It will help you make something that's nice to drink 😁 indeed I suggest using half the sugar content if using bread yeast as it's not designed to make alcohol. Of you are smaller containers to brew divide the total sugar content in the recipe this being 1kg and dividing it by 4.5 ( 5 if you want to make it easier) to give you the amount of sugar per liter

[@stevanusmarcello7204]

nice

[@maniac5partan847]

what happens if i put extra sugar.........would it get stronger/more alcohol ?...........and if so......is there any way to make it taste better

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

I would suggest sticking to the recipe. You can add more sugar and it will make it stronger but you will need a different yeast. As to the flavor, its almost neutral so you can mix it with a mixer of your choosing 😁

[@maniac5partan847]

@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap thanks for the info

[@joecronin6694]

is this drinkable for someone who hates the taste of alcohol but likes to get drunk as shit?

[@BLAKEBLAKE-yf5po]

thanks robbaz

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, not a problem, hope you have some fun with it :)

[@vdjelement1]

I did the same but sweet and I feel heartburn.what to do sugar to disappears?can I keep longe like 30days?

[@djrancho2232]

Does it smell while it ferments tho

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

not really, white sugar is white sugar, it will smell like co2 if you stick your nose it in though :P

[@djrancho2232]

making homebrew wild and cheap thanks a bunch 🥳

[@djrancho2232]

making homebrew wild and cheap just released some air and it smells like rotten eggs 😅

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

yummy

[@chezvegas85]

in my experience allisons bread yeast easily handles 10-12% (tpw/birdwatchers recipe) struggles after 12% for me but im sure its possible. 40-60g yeast (7 days approx)

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

It's OK to use for distilling like the recipes you mentioned. The sheer volume of yeast used aids in the speed of brewing and percentage you can gain over all. General brewing on the other that's not distilled, the bread yeast produces off flavors and more methanol the higher the percentage. Then again turbo yeast is as cheap as 2.50 and can brew 14% in 2 days.

[@chezvegas85]

I just really like tomato soup ;-)

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

tomato soup is the king of soups :P

[@chezvegas85]

recently used lavlin 1116 on a few brews and it gave a nasty sulphur smell on everything, have you experienced this? went away after a few days except for my non alcoholic ginger beer as that was sealed straight away (yeast only used to carbonate) It was used on a tpw, bramble wine & ginger beer (5% and 0.4% approx) bread yeast actually proved to give a cleaner smell/taste on low abv. may try lavlin 1118 next

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, the dreaded far smell from wines :P it does happen occasionally. the main cause is yeast stress. This could be any number of things from heat to too much nutrient or too little nutrient. some wine naturally give off a sulfur smell during the start of fermentation ( elderberries come to mind) it usually sorts it self out as the unhappy yeast dies off leaving the happier yeast to have a party. never had a problem personally with it on low abv things. maybe it was just a bad batch of yeast. it does happen sometimes :)

[@fatsquirrel8279]

Can this be used to make jungle juice for parties?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, yep. sugar wine not to be confused with kilju ( sugar wine without nutrient, that's sweet ) is easily mixed with other things

[@maniac5partan847]

what happens if i drink old sugar wine.......that looks foggy....3 weeks old to be specific

[@maniac5partan847]

btw liked your vids

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

It should be fine to drink, sounds like it hasn't settled out. Try taking some and put it in the fridge over night. If it starts clearing then it's sediment. Did you use wine yeast?

[@maniac5partan847]

@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap i used pizza yeast......seems to work.......btw thanks for the info

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

@@maniac5partan847 yep, that would explain that 😛 it's all good to drink then. Just floating yeast

[@user-vq5hh9bk2m]

minion

[@Makhinyembezi]

How do you make your kilju so pure in colour? I tried it with anchor instant yeast it became brown and smell like venigar... please do tell

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

the simple answer is, its not kilju.

[@Murlockingqc]

because his sugar is not full of additives , it's pretty clean you could use corn sugar (dextrose) and achieve similar results if you can't find a good brand of table sugar mine was also slightly yellow

[@jordfdqa]

is nutrient necessary when using turbo yeast?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Hey, turbo yeast come with the nutrient already added. :)

[@jordfdqa]

did not know that, first time trying to make kilju or sugar wine, thanks for the quick response before i go out to get the necessary ingredients!

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

shroe-lee-oo entertainment with the nutrient it's a sugar wine, you will be happy about that as original kilju is sweet and knarly :p no problem happy brewing. If you are unsure hit me up and I will help you out :)

[@gellatoo8744]

Can I flavour this sugar wine u know to get rid of the fermented taste...

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, if you don't freeze distill the sugar wine it pretty much tastes like a weaker vodka. you can flavor it with what ever takes your fancy. cordial is a handy addition. alot of flavor in a small amount of added liquid. for all who want to keep it strong :)

[@gellatoo8744]

cheap thanks for the quick response I am going to freeze distill it and add some flavour .

[@PetteriWar]

how to make kilju 101.

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Yeah, not so much. . . .

[@Dirtdog666]

Hey, can i mix sugar wine with some juice or cola?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, indeed you can, it's pretty much like a fermented version of rum or vodka. you can pretty much add what ever you like. you can even add flavorings like pear drops or jelly beans to it and make shots if that's your thing :)

[@gazzasb5]

hi I followed the recipe except I used wine yeast super compound by Youngs I used nutrition to it has been 2weeks but still small bubbles rising n fizzing but airlock looks like it stopped so I took hydrometer reading and it still hasn't fermented all of the sugar out .at the start it had potential abv 14% . advise needed please help thanks

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, by the sounds of it your fermentation has got stuck. try adding half a teaspoon of nutrient to it. ( also give it a little swirl so some air gets in this also helps restart a yeast.).

[@baneverything5580]

Sounds like your water pH was too high. The pH needs to be between 5.5 and 6 thereabouts to be healthy for your yeast and the temperature, including starting temperature, in the proper range...not too hot or too cold.

[@JohneChalach]

did you put 1 kg of sugar?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, yes i did put roughly 1kg of sugar in :)

[@JohneChalach]

it is not working, may be because i don have nutient

[@happymolecule8894]

@@JohneChalach Hey, if you don't have nutrients, you can make-do with adding dead yeast. Boil some yeast in a cup, wait for the water to be warm, then add

[@donwackyaids1771]

Mines yellow and tastes like hairspray is that normal?

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

sounds like its not finished. it will turn back to clear and that's it finished, did you use bread yeast ?

[@donwackyaids1771]

making homebrew wild and cheap yeah I used bread yeast and it’s starting to fall to the bottom so I think it’s done

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

@@donwackyaids1771 yeah, while bread yeast does work... sort of its not the most pleasant thing to make sugar wine from. it may well stay hazy and taste a little funky due to off flavors. still it will do the job. I would suggest buying in some real nutrient and wine yeast. ( postage is still going, its worth the wait )

[@MrGregrice]

He said that if the top was left off, it wouldn't make alcohol, but that's just a myth. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast used to ferment, prefers the fermentation process over aerobic respiration even if oxygen is present, as long as sufficient sugar is present (see "Crabtree effect").

[@muhammadsaleem-nk9bj]

we hv no proper yeast in Pakistanis pls can u guide us how to make strong liquids

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, you should check out the part 2 of this video. hopefully that should answer both of your questions.

[@tnaskar]

Do to some bread maker, then use that. I use the bread making yeast.

[@muhammadsaleem-nk9bj]

tks for yr time n brgds

[@muhammadsaleem-nk9bj]

Tapan Naskar yes sir pls yell me bread yeast working same way as turbo or yeast because wine yeast not available in pak pls reply own base experience waiting advice b rgds tks agan

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, it is possible to use bread yeast although it's not the best but if thats what you have then thats what you will have to use. bread yeast will ferment 5% alcohol to dryness after that it's more of a hope and a prayer. if you want it stronger, try freeze refraction ( a how to is in part 2 of the sugar wine) hope it helps

[@lovdrones]

CAN I FLAVOR THIS WITH A PEACH SYRUP

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

yes :P

[@thsikezierkojo4991]

do you really need to ask?do you?

[@newbvillage]

i never knew peach syrup existed... brb while i order some off amazon that sounds delicious

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

Got to love peach :)

[@muhammadsaleem-nk9bj]

how much persentag of alcolic I minimum 45/

[@gaynamo2683]

will i get drunk

[@makinghomebrewwildandcheap]

hey, yep very much so, even if you just make the simple sugar wine :)

[@lagucegothsong5559]

And can die even from it. Kilju is surprisingly strong stuff. Almost as strong as "weak" vodkas.

[@craigd123]

@@lagucegothsong5559 it's only 10-23% pussy

[@juansolo1617]

Nasty hangovers will result. I do it to myself all the time with homemade wines. There's no way to remove the methanol and acetaldehyde.