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Re: Re: [MN] Yeast products with/without oxygen

>>The traditional Ginger Beer Plant symbiote (not the yeast substitute) produced
lots of carbonation and very little alcohol.
Darrell<<

~~~Of course - you are correct. I remember, I used to make root beer years ago
and it was very foamy, with no alcohol. One bottle exploded under the sink and
made a big mess while I was at work! :-)
Carol





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There is a discussion on another list about whether yeast make less or more alcohol under anaerobic conditions in kefir and kombucha. Which condition causes...
Darrell
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Dec 4, 2004
1:21 am

... AFAIK yeast always produces alcohol and CO2 ... the bacteria are what produce acids. If you kill off the bacteria (as you do in homebrewing beer) you get ...
Heidi Schuppenhauer
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Dec 4, 2004
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... more alcohol under anaerobic conditions in kefir and kombucha. Which condition causes yeast to switch to making organic acids and carbon dioxide rather...
Carol
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Dec 4, 2004
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... want less alcohol, you need to suppress the yeast. I'm not sure what conditions are more encouraging to yeast than to bacteria ... Heidi Jean<< ~~~Well,...
Carol
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Carol, Kombucha does not really get "alcoholic" enough that even the most sensitive individual could notice... but it might get heady and yeasty tasting. Your...
Beau Barrett
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Dec 4, 2004
3:48 am

... I save the "dregs" in my kefir beer (yellow stuff at the bottom) which has higher yeast content, and it makes a more fizzy, alcoholic brew. Sally Fallon...
Heidi Schuppenhauer
heidis13
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Dec 5, 2004
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... responsible for anything besides just the formation of the scoby or what exactly it uses for food?. Beau<< ~~~I'm not well versed in this stuff at all, but...
Carol
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Dec 4, 2004
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Yes sugar is the food, but it gets converted along the way by the yeast, so what do the "scoby producing" bacteria feed on? Glucose from the broken down...
Beau Barrett
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Dec 4, 2004
3:44 am

... The bacteria feed on the sugar too. They are competing for the same food. Or, some bacteria feed on the the output of the yeasts (alcohol). And some yeasts...
Heidi Schuppenhauer
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Dec 8, 2004
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... yeast, so what do the "scoby producing" bacteria feed on? Glucose from the broken down sucrose? Does this question make sense? Beau<< ~~~Well, maybe I'm...
Carol
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... Kombucha does not really get "alcoholic" enough that even the most sensitive individual could notice... but it might get heady and yeasty tasting. Your...
Carol
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... lots of carbonation and very little alcohol. Darrell<< ~~~Of course - you are correct. I remember, I used to make root beer years ago and it was very...
Carol
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Heidi Jean The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -Bertrand GREAT QUOTE!!! [Non-text portions of...
tonio epstein
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... -- Thanks! Heidi Jean...
Heidi Schuppenhauer
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Hi Darrell, Normally it is an anerobic environment that prompts certain yeasts to produce alcohol. But I think lactic acid producing bacteria function ...
Beau Barrett
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Dec 4, 2004
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Uh, yeah Heidi's right, I guess yeast does always produce alcohol and or Co2. Right? I mean can some yeasts produce anything else? Beau...
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