How Do You Make Ethanol From Sugar Cane?
Ethanol can be made from many liquids that contain sugar, such as sugar cane juice. The ethanol content will be primarily determined by the sugar content of the sugar cane juice. The yeast you’ll add to the sugar cane juice will convert the sugar into ethanol. The resulting product is known as sugar wine, although it won’t have any flavor other than the ethanol. Obtain at least 1 gallon of sugar cane juice. You may get sugar cane juice directly from a sugar cane plantation and from a grocery store. Make sure the sugar cane juice doesn’t have any preservatives that will prevent the yeast from growing. Sugar cane juice is essentially sugar water so you can also make it yourself. Measure the concentration of sugar in the sugar cane juice with a saccharometer. Place the saccharometer in a sample of the sugar cane juice and read the value at the surface level of the juice. Adjust the sugar content of the sugar cane juice so that it’s between 9 percent and 25 percent sugar. A sugar content b
