1. What is it?

Yeast, is a fungi or a living organism that absorbs food. It doesn’t require a partner to reproduce itself and is therefore labeled ‘asexual’.

2. Purpose

Yeast is used for two common household or commercial purposes.

1. To make bread and other food / medicinal products.
2. To make ethanol (Alcohol).

Without yeast, you can’t make alcohol.

When yeast is combined with sugar, it creates ethanol (Alcohol) and carbon dioxide. When yeast cells react with the cells in sugar, they start to multiply and in the process they produce alcohol and release carbon dioxide. This is how alcohol is created with yeast.

3. Which kind to use?

The most common type of yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It has been in used since ancient times for baking and alcohol making and brewing. Also it is the most studied yeast for cell and molecular biology.

The type of yeast you should use with the Home Booze Kit is the Lalvin-EC118. With just one packet, you can make 18 liters worth of wine or booze. This is included with the Home Booze Kit.

4. Where to get it?

To find a supplier near you, do the following:

Visit the following URL: http://local.google.com/

Type in the following in the search bar: wine making

You should now see tons of wine making suppliers in your own local community.

Simply contact the one closest to you and get your very own Lalvin EC-1118 packet of yeast.