Is a fining agent really necessary?

[SecraBru]

Me and a few mates have decided that homebrewing is a cost efficient way of getting drinks with flavors we would actually want to drink, and we are starting off with some kilju, which Im sure you are familiar is just sugar, water, and yeast. Now, we are doing this in a two liter coke bottle, with a balloon on top, and we have let it sit for 4-5 days, somewhere around there. Is a run through cheesecloth say 2 times and a run through a coffee filter good enough to clear most of the dead/excess yeast and make the stuff somewhat palatable? We dont particularly want to wait longer to deal with fining agents and possibly muck up what we currently have.

 

[DaWhip]

Never had kilju, but I've done a few sugar washes for distilling and I wouldn't drink that stuff undistilled! I'm not sure how oxidation will apply to your kilju, but it is generally something to avoid in fermented beverages and your cheesecloth/coffee filter method will be doing a lot of oxidizing. If you are drinking it all right away, not as much of a concern. Besides that, most coffee filters will still let yeast through, though I'd expect they would catch most of the visible clumps of yeast.

Your best bet (least effort and cost, though it will add will few more days before you drink it) would be to put the bottle in the fridge for a few days (cold crashing). Most of the yeast will drop out of suspension and collect on the bottom. You can pour it off carefully into another container to clarify or drink.

 

[Magnus314]

After you turn 21 and get out of prison, buy "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" by Charlie Papazian.

 

[madscientist451]

Where I work, the inmates make it and call it "Jump". They add grapefruit, oranges, apples, kool-aid and whatever else the state gives them in their meals, they steal from the kitchen, or buy from the commissary.
No fining required, the popular method is to drink it down before anyone who cares detects the foul odor coming out of the container.
For home made jump, you could just put the bottle in the fridge and the yeast will settle out. Or if its cold, set it outside. When the yeast settles, carefully pour off the clear part into another bottle.

 

[Inkleg]

My fat finger hit the "Like" on the OP post while scrolling the iPad. Sorry, not anything to "Like" about that.

 

[AZCoolerBrewer]

Cost effective perhaps. Something you want to drink, I don't know. Apple cider is a better road to go down than kilju

 

[beernutz]

Me and a few mates have decided that homebrewing is a cost efficient way of getting drinks with flavors we would actually want to drink, and we are starting off with some kilju, which Im sure you are familiar is just sugar, water, and yeast. Now, we are doing this in a two liter coke bottle, with a balloon on top, and we have let it sit for 4-5 days, somewhere around there. Is a run through cheesecloth say 2 times and a run through a coffee filter good enough to clear most of the dead/excess yeast and make the stuff somewhat palatable? We dont particularly want to wait longer to deal with fining agents and possibly muck up what we currently have.

What prison are you in? [EDIT] I should have read a few replies before responding as several HBTers beat me to the prison idea.

I lol at the idea of someone making swill asking about fining agents which is either grade A level trolling or surreal as heck.

 

[Kharnynb]

my guess is the op is finnish and being sarcastic.

kilju is made by stupid teens and wino's, usually mixed with fanta/sprite or cola and tastes like it was already drunk at least once....

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I think it'd be better to just leave the yeast in. It'll add some organic flavor, provide some vitamin supplementation, and be less likely to kilju with hangovers.

In b4 the lock!

 

[GHBWNY]

Whole new meaning to "yeast cells".

 

[SecraBru]

What prison are you in? [EDIT] I should have read a few replies before responding as several HBTers beat me to the prison idea.

I lol at the idea of someone making swill asking about fining agents which is either grade A level trolling or surreal as heck.

A really big prison, its very cold, much snow. We drink to keep warm.

 

[TheMadKing]

A really big prison, its very cold, much snow. We drink to keep warm.

Sounds like Russia.

There's got to be something better to ferment than that... Even store bought juice?

 

[The_Bishop]

OP, how old are you? Just curious.

 

[SecraBru]

OP, how old are you? Just curious.

19 years old, didnt quite mean this thread seriously, but the reception is quite nice