How fast can a fermentation be?

[Likefully]

I can't find an answer to this on the web; perhaps I am using the wrong search terms.

I am thinking about making beer for the express purpose of distilling it.

So all I am after is getting the alcohol as quickly as possible so the fermenter can be emptied and used again.

For example: if I could reach 95% attenuation in 20% of the time it takes to reach 100% attenuation I would cut it off at 95%.

So...what yeast would get you there the quickest, in what time and what ABV% could you get?

 

[Beerswimmer]

Look up fast fermenting recipes. I have used bread yeast and had a few get down to 1.000 in under 48hrs.

 

[kombat]

I am thinking about making beer for the express purpose of distilling it.

And thread lock in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

 

[Hello]

Wine yeast. that'd be my guess. And distilling talk is a no no here. If legal where you're at, you can visit a distilling forum such as this one (ran by the very people who run this one): http://www.homedistilling.com/

 

[firerat]

Google Turbo yeast....

That's all I'm saying.....

 

[passedpawn]

Sorry, no distillation talk here. Feel free to ask any questions regarding normal fermentation and brewing process though.

 

[Tin4]

Just so everyone know, we started a site, put it on foreign servers, and you can discuss distillation there.

HomeDistilling.com.

I'm the admin there.