Bread yeast?

[Meadiator]

Has anyone ever used bread yeast for a wine out of sheer desperation and receive a decent byproduct?

 

[Bluespark]

Search for JAOM, it's a mead, tastes great and is pretty fool proof.

 

[LBussy]

Yes ... not horrible. My problem with it was it not clearing but the taste was actually not bad. A fresh bread yeast is probably a light year better than an old Cooper's yeast.

It's the same species, just a different strain.

 

[Meadiator]

Awesome, just making sure It worked with wines as well. From what I understand, it doesn't leave a very good yeast cake and it has problems clarifying, but it'll do the job just the same thanks guys.

 

[LBussy]

A mangiar questa minestra o saltar questa fincestra.

Did you mean "A mangiar questa minestra o saltar questa finestra?"

"“Either eat this soup or jump out this window." ... I never understood that one.

 

[Meadiator]

Yeah, it basically means the equivalent to something like "buy something or get out of line", meaning to make a decision rather than idly floating around. Sorry, not the best at explaining things

 

[Magic]

Yeah, I've tried using this numerous times, the outcome always horrible.

I literally had to pinch my nose and drink it.
Even at that I threw the rest of it out.

 

[Meadiator]

Yeah, I've tried using this numerous times, the outcome always horrible.

I literally had to pinch my nose and drink it.
Even at that I threw the rest of it out.

Well there are plenty of other factors that could've contributed to that, I would assume. Did you let it age properly and bottle it correctly, or did you just drink it right after primary?

 

[Arpolis]

I made a simple spiced apple wine with bread yeast and it turned out great. I actually blended it with a spiced pumpkin melomel to reduce headspace. The only drawback was I had to keep the small carboy in the fridge for like 3 - 4 weeks before it cleared much. Even then I racked off what was there and it still added a lot of cloudyness. The blended Mead/wine had to go another 3+ months before totally clear.

 

[DoctorCAD]

no

 

[LBussy]

My experience is similar to Arpolis'. Bread yeast is just yeast. If you are getting off flavors preventing you from drinking the product then you made bad product more than likely. Personally I find it a very clean fermenter.

A case in point is Joe's Ancient Orange Mead - a recipe made by hundreds of folks. Fanbois will scream, yell, beat their chests and strike themselves if you use anything other than Fleishmans. I have a batch going right now that smells awesome (too young to taste). Of course there's a lot of reasons this recipe should not make a good mead but it does.

 

[jak1010]

Very, very true. I've fermented Welche's grape right in the bottle (like in so many YouTube videos) using bread yeast and had decent results. Even some high abv stuff. Experiments like that are great.

 

[Inner10]

I've never used bread yeast for wine but I have used it for soda and it has a more pronounced yeasty taste than EC1118 which is my go-to soda yeast. You can notice the difference more as you approach the yeast cake at the bottom.

Not a massive difference...but you can taste is.

 

[Arpolis]

That is the trick with bread yeast though. DONT HAVE A YEAST CAKE. Basically be paitient and rack consistently every 30+ days for 3 - 6 months untill you have no sidiment droping. Then it is all good. EC-1118 will ferment fast and clear out cuickly so wine can be done pretty quick. Bread yeast takes 6 times as long so people get impatient and drink the bre too young and taste that breadlike taste.

 

[Inner10]

That is the trick with bread yeast though. DONT HAVE A YEAST CAKE. Basically be paitient and rack consistently every 30+ days for 3 - 6 months untill you have no sidiment droping. Then it is all good. EC-1118 will ferment fast and clear out cuickly so wine can be done pretty quick. Bread yeast takes 6 times as long so people get impatient and drink the bre too young and taste that breadlike taste.

Really? I found in soda bread yeast may even be faster than 1118, maybe it tapers of quick due to alcohol intolerance.