Bob F wrote:
> Strongarm wrote:
>> Sounds like you want to make balloon wine.
>>
>> Enpty the apple juice equally into two 1 gallon milk jugs. Boil a
>> pint of water and turn off the heat as you mix in 2 cups of sugar
>> until clear. Do that twice and add each one to the gallon and allow
>> to cool. Each jug should be 3/4 full. Bread yeast will work to some
>> degree, but Champagne Yeast from a wine supply store would be much
>> better. If you have the thermometer the applie juice needs to below
>> 100 Degrees Farenheit before adding the yeast. After adding the
>> yeast, attached a balloon to the top of the jug and wait a day. You
>> may want to slightly shake the jugs after one day..If it doesn't foam
>> right a way, place the jug next to a heat source, like a heat
>> register. The balloon will inflate from the carbon dioxide given off.
>> If the balloon comes off, put it back on. It basically keeps the bugs
>> out. Eventaully the balloon will deflate while on the jug after two
>> to three weeks. When this happens, your wine is ready to drink your
>> sparkling cider wine. The sediment at the bottom is known as brewers
>> yeast. It takes bad but is full of vitimins and will clean your drain
>> dish/sink pipes out very well. Yeast will eat the grease and decayed
>> food that can plug up the drain pipes in your house.
>
> Brewers yeast (or Bread yeast) will eat grease? Have you got any documentation
> of this? It certainly isn't what I'd expect.
>
>
I too have heard of brewers yeast somehow being beneficial when poured
down the drain. Must say, I can't see why. Apart from maybe consuming
simple sugars that 'smelly' bugs might otherwise thrive on. I can't even
believe that it would be that beneficial for septic systems (a cited
reason).

rb