If your gonna go through all this you might as well do it right. Spend 15 bucks at brewhuas.com and get a hydrometer and a pack of turbo yeast. I use this to make 185 proof um... Fuel alchohol in my still (not hard to build you built a grow room you can make a still). The mixture you guys are talking about should get to an alchohol content of about 13% with the bakers yeast etc.. So for more co2/alchohol output use the turbo yeasts. they can tolerate an alchohol content of about 20% and have nutrients that plain sugar lacks for the yeast. Usually about 6 cups of sugar and a gallon of water will do it. just keep mixing in sugar till the hydrometer is @ 1.18. Dont fill if up all the way cause it will overflow. should last for about 2 weeks. hell if your not running it through the still use grape juice instead of water, add sugar till 1.18 on hydrometer. 2 weeks later and a drinkable sweet, but not something those wine and cheese people will like, wine.