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How To Make Strong Alcohol At Home (Science Explained)

Turner Films

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Can you really make an 11% apple wine from cheap supermarket apple juice, sugar, and ordinary bread yeast?

In this homemade apple wine experiment, I show exactly how to make a strong apple juice wine using simple ingredients and no special brewing equipment. This beginner-friendly homebrew project is perfect for anyone interested in wine making at home, country wine, fermentation, or budget-friendly DIY wine.

But this isn't just an apple wine recipe.

Along the way, I explain the fermentation science behind the process, including how yeast fermentation works, why bread yeast can produce alcohol, and what happens during the lag phase, high krausen, and flocculation stages of fermentation.

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In this video you'll learn:

🍎 How to make homemade apple wine from apple juice

🍷 How bread yeast turns sugar into alcohol

🧪 The science behind fermentation and yeast activity

📈 How gravity readings track fermentation progress

🌡️ Why temperature affects fermentation performance

🧼 How good sanitation helps prevent contamination

💰 How to make a cheap apple wine with everyday ingredients

📊 How this batch fermented from 1.086 SG to 0.998 SG over 21 days

Whether you're new to home brewing, interested in country wine recipes, making homemade wine, or simply curious about brewing science, this video explains both the practical process and the biology behind it.

If you enjoy homebrew projects, cider making, country wines, beer kits, fermentation experiments, and wine making tutorials, consider subscribing for more videos.

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20 Comments

@DoctorBooze Creator 4 months ago Pinned

🍎 Question for everyone:

Have you ever used bread yeast for wine, cider, or homebrew?

This batch started at 1.086 SG and finished at 0.998 SG, producing roughly 11% ABV using nothing more than apple juice, sugar, and bread yeast.

I'm curious—what's the strongest fermentation you've achieved with bread yeast, and would you choose it over wine yeast for a project like this?

Cheers! 🍷

@durbledurb3992 4 months ago

Really well done.

@Gazaka 4 months ago

Thank you Mr Turner Films. I'll make sure to do my homework and get this assignment completed. Best teacher yet.

@kevpage 4 months ago

I’ll be honest boss I prefer the more chaotic videos, this was a good one explaining the processes but it’s quite tame

@supercilious_Sausage 4 months ago

As I have watched your video, I am Just consuming my first glass from a 1L of fresh pressed Asda apple juice, to which I added sugar and wine yeast on 16/05/26.
It was then put in the fridge 48h ago after a energetic then steady fermentation over 12 days.
Absolutely bloody wonderful!
Served over ice, its simply delicious, with a warmth to it as it goes down so smoothly.
I used my hydrometer at the beginning and today, and I got 17.2%!
Thanks for the great videos and your eternal enthusiasm.
Cheers!

@Inizuanchondo 4 months ago

You are my HERO...

@garystein9536 3 months ago

Yaki da! Very technical Dr

@Guttruck032 4 months ago (edited)

I love your videos! I stumbled across one of your wine making videos prior to you renovating your kitchen and I have no idea why YT recommended you but Im glad it did! Ive been making my own boose ever since! Still making what you originally showed though and I havent gotten into the cider or more sophisticated drinks. Just grape juice, sugar and yeast 😆. Just wanted to say hello from Florida, USA and thank you for the vids!

@White__Hammer 4 months ago

Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🍻

@misticman 3 months ago

Spot on mate, love it. Im watching this now while im supping on my 12% lidl apple cider that i made 2 weeks ago. its cheap and great isnt it.

@steviertommoethompson5932 1 month ago

ive heard simmering fruit juices for approx 5 minutes this supposed get rid of any sulphites ect it does work as ive tried the method hope this helps

@Savagetechie 4 months ago

Great video but I scrolled past multiple times because the thumbnail didn't look like one of your videos... It looks like AI slop.

@matthewsteedman3871 4 months ago (edited)

Currently doing simply stout. Using a old working freezer and a inkbird to keep temp at 18degrees ... British weather unpredictable 😂😂

@Sparky-pj6dp 3 months ago

I've watched this video a couple times. It's made me wanna have a go. So Last week I've had my very first ever go at fermenting something with the hope of making cider. More or less followed your instructions . Empty 1 litre glass lambs rum bottle sanitised and 100g sugar and 900 ml of Morrisons £1.50 pure apple juice, and half a teaspoon of the same bakers yeast you used. Next day, it's frothing along nicely, it's now 4 days later and it's still gently bubbling away still gently frothing.. nice cloudy golden brown amber colour. So far, it smells appley, slightly yeasty/brewery smell. You can definitely smell the alcohol now. 🎉🎉😊 I'm like checking it every time I go into the kitchen and get it out of the dark in the cupboard to look at it 😅😅. Gonna wait the time you suggested before eventually trying it. Damned excited so I am.... 😂 Already thinking about fermenting other juices like apple n mango

@dragoscoco2173 4 months ago

An informative video, not as joyful as I got accustomed to. 😅
The graph was interesting, showing some very large drop quite early in the brew. Derivating those numbers in an excel sheet can show the speed of sugar consumption, but that would be a bit dry. 😉

@leptonsoup337 4 months ago

This is actually a really good primer of the basics of fermentation. I like the depth that you go into explaining the chemical and biological processes involved. I´m gonna make my first year biotechnology students watch this!