Wine yeast at home to speed fermentation

As practice has shown, wine turns out to be much tastier if the fermentation process is slow, an even stable temperature is maintained (15-20˚), and the room itself is often aired.

Under ordinary conditions, violent fermentation lasts on average up to 15 days. Further, the process slows down somewhat, and the wine continues to slowly, quietly ferment. This continues for about another 15 days. In general, the production of good wine lasts up to about 2 months. But ... If everything is too slow, it is advisable to strengthen the process. How to do it? By adding either cultured wine yeast, or "wild", made independently. This is what our article is dedicated to.

Wine yeast at home

Yeast - microscopic cells that sugar is successfully converted into alcohol. And cooking them yourself is pretty straightforward. If anyone does not know, we will gladly share the recipe on how to make wine yeast. It is necessary to take grapes of a good variety, pour it into a bottle, add 60 grams of sugar and pour everything with boiled water, but not to the top. Then the container is tightly closed (or the cork should be loose, breathable) and set aside for cooking in a warm place. After 3-4 days, the yeast is ready, they can be poured into the must to accelerate the fermentation process.

Wine yeast made at home can be used to make sourdough. This is done as follows. Sugar (about 100 g sugar per kilogram of pulp) is added to the fruit and berry pulp, placed in an enameled or glass dish, and thoroughly mixed until completely dissolved. The container must be covered with gauze in several layers to avoid insects getting into it. If the pulp on such wild yeast is kept in a warm place at a temperature of about 18˚ for three days, it will ferment very well. Then it is necessary to squeeze it carefully and add the resulting liquid to the wort. The fermentation process will resume.

Cooked wine yeast at home is very good at fermenting sugar. They have the ability to withstand the accumulation of alcohol in wine up to 19 degrees. In the process, wine yeast secrete smelling substances that have a specific smell. These are exactly the noble esters that give the wine a refined and pleasant aroma.

The wine receives its unusual bouquet, unforgettable aroma and unsurpassed taste, standing, due to the intense accumulation of noble esters. Therefore, in the manufacture of the drink, winemakers use wine yeast obtained at home. Others (beer, bread) can simply spoil the wine.

If for some reason you did not manage to get ready-made yeast or make it yourself, do not be upset. After all, by creating optimal conditions, you can easily propagate these living organisms on bran, barley, flour.

Now many have learned how to make wine yeast, and were able to make sure that the process is simple. And if you have patience and the necessary ingredients, the production will take very little time.