The 2 liter PET bottles will withstand more pressure without rupture than the glass bottles will.
Purified sugar and special yeast is not required. I've made a 9% drink from cactus pears, wild plums, and baking yeast. And it was good.
Didn't taste like the swill beer you buy at the Quicky Mart, but who wants Bud Lite anyway?
Two weeks after the power went out, sanitizing everything to do a brew would be a major, major task!
If a man can't light a fire, and boil water, he has problems that beer won't help. ;)
/johnny
Does baking yeast work?
I have a bunch of various yeasts I got at the brew store. The best and most efficient use would be to use small amounts of the yeast in a pack to make a good starter. You could then probable get a half dozen to a dozen runs out of one pack.
Couple years back I also bought a one pound pack of dried Distillers Yeast. Been in the bottom of my fridge ever since. Probably enough yeast in that one pack to brew 500,000 gallons of beer!
Or cider. Or whatever.
I still like the Safale. Overall, seems to give me the best, most consistent results.