Making an alcoholic beverage...?!
will i make alcohol from this? and if so, how long?
and should i add more sugar?
Answers: I took under a liter of cranberry juice, a few spoonfulls of sugar, and a whole packet of yeast, put it into a 2 liter bottle, and capped it. i'm letting it all sit for a while. to hide the smell, i'm keeping it capped, but letting the carbon dioxide escape once or at most twice a day.
will i make alcohol from this? and if so, how long?
and should i add more sugar?
Yes, you are making alcohol. Not necessarily GOOD alcohol, but you are making some. The CO2 is a by-product of the yeast fermenting the sugars, and it's directly proportional to the alcohol being made...if you get CO2, you're getting alcohol.
You don't have to tighten the cap...just screw it on tight enough to seal it, then back off until you hear the hiss...leave it right there. You just need to keep the bugs out. Give it about 2 weeks, and you'll have something alcoholic...it may taste ok, it may not. It won't kill you, though.
I doubt it.
I think you'll probably make a science experiment, but I don't think you'll make an alcoholic beverage.
No, you won't make alcohol. The yeast you are using is not the type used in alcohol. Pure alcohol is made from fermented sugars, basically. You are very likely to get some great antibiotics, though!