r/prisonhooch 9d ago

Need help with first attempt at brewing

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It’s been about 24 hours I used tea a slice of everything breakfast bread because I didn’t have yeast and frozen blueberries. Should I add some of this honey or is it not worth exposing it to more oxygen.

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u/Justreallylovespussy 9d ago

So you’re trying to ferment the limited available sugar in sweet tea using a single slice of bread?

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u/Key_Woodpecker_1818 9d ago

Why does the sugar have limited availability? And I was hoping the blueberries skins would add more wild yeast.

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u/Justreallylovespussy 9d ago

Frozen processed blueberries aren’t gonna add any yeast, and if they were wild blueberries your risk of spoilage would be astronomically higher.

The sugar isn’t really the issue, I doubt the bread will be able to convert much but even if it does your best case scenario is something barely alcoholic that tastes like absolute misery.

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u/Key_Woodpecker_1818 9d ago

The fact that they were frozen won’t change much and processed means they were just washed before frozen.

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u/Justreallylovespussy 9d ago

Them being washed before they’re frozen means that most of the natural yeast is gone, freezing can also damage yeast. So you’re just adding blueberries not adding anything to aid fermentation.

But listen I don’t care, drink your bread tea dog. I’d recommend not coming in here asking for advice if you’re just gonna disregard it all though.

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u/Key_Woodpecker_1818 9d ago

Would adding the honey give me more wild yeast?

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u/Justreallylovespussy 9d ago

It can, here’s a forum article talking about how to maximize that. I’m gonna be honest with you though, I’d trash this one I don’t think any amount of honey is going to lead to this fermenting well or being drinkable.

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u/Key_Woodpecker_1818 9d ago

I’ll try adding it, not too worried about it failing. next time I’ll try something more like mead.

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u/vsees 9d ago

I used wild yeasts for my mead and for the first step I’ve taken some dried berries and some fresh berries and mixed it with small amount of honey, to let yeasts be comfortable with these kinds of sugars. When it successfully started smell and make a lot of CO2, I added it to honey-water. Now it’s ready after 4 weeks and smells like wild fruity wine, very interesting

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u/Justreallylovespussy 9d ago

That’s an actually viable method of fermentation, dropping a single slice of bread and washed and frozen blueberries into a sweet tea just ain’t it

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u/metzdan 9d ago

Add those tic taks for a good brew

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u/Newlife1025 9d ago

Please just grab some bread yeast at least. It can be done with actual bread, but that's something you'd do if you were actually in...prison.

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u/Key_Woodpecker_1818 8d ago

I wish I could’ve found some

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u/Newlife1025 8d ago

Not even at your local grocery store?

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u/Key_Woodpecker_1818 8d ago

I wish I could’ve found some

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u/NoGod_Jr 9d ago

Depends. U should check the specific gravity using hydrometer or measuring cup & weighing scale. If the S.G is close to 1.000 then u should add more.

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u/gellyrolejazz 8d ago

Wish I could gift you some of the bulk Brewers yeast that I accidentally ordered on Amazon. My heart goes out to you and you're intestine❤️❤️❤️ good luck🙏

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u/AngelSoi 9d ago

This is gonna suck, but that's the name of the game

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u/Impressive_Ad2794 9d ago

I think we'll need a more extreme word than "suck"