Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe

[Lingonberry]

Is that amount of yeast realy enough? In my country it would give me just 1,5 cube ordinary baking yeast for 25l wash. One cube is 50g yeast. Normaly I use 0.6kg yeast to 6 kg of sugar.

[Dnderhead]

smaller amounts of yeast will work in any wash/mash . it just takes longer to start (lag) but more it is safer as then it can help prevent infections.

[rad14701]

Is that amount of yeast realy enough? In my country it would give me just 1,5 cube ordinary baking yeast for 25l wash. One cube is 50g yeast. Normaly I use 0.6kg yeast to 6 kg of sugar.

The amount of yeast pitched is a matter of preference... I measure by volume rather than weight and for most recipes I use 2 tablespoon/30 milliliters, 4 cups/1 liter of sugar for a potential 14% ABV wash... If I want a slower ferment I use half that amount of yeast... However, most of my yeast measurements are based on water volume rather than sugar, so a lower ABV wash would have a proportionately greater yeast:sugar ratio...

[Lingonberry]

So, let me see if I got this right. I can actually start with any amount of yeast. From what I start with that yeast will grow till either it runs out of "food" or untill the alcohol "kills" it. If I start with a low quantity of yeast it will just take a longer time to get there. Is this the issue.

[rad14701]

So, let me see if I got this right. I can actually start with any amount of yeast. From what I start with that yeast will grow till either it runs out of "food" or untill the alcohol "kills" it. If I start with a low quantity of yeast it will just take a longer time to get there. Is this the issue.

100% correct... The only other consideration is that more yeast generates more CO2 and the combination of both the large yeast colony and CO2 boundary layer help fend off possible infections that could otherwise bring the ferment to a halt, potentially rendering it unsalvageable...

[Lingonberry]

Thanks to rad14701 for sorting things out. Actually what I think Im gonna do now is this. The local thumbrule is to use 0.6 kg yeast for 6 kg suger in 25 liter wash. Birdwatcher sugest to use 70 gram in that mIxture, which in fact can depend on the local yeast per expected fermenting time. I think that I out of this thread will try to do a middle way and start of with 150 gram of local yeast and just se how it works out.

[Maverick50]

I have got this wash on the go (25l) been bubbling now 6 days, starting sg 1080 only now on 1045, should it take this long or have I done something wrong.
Room temp 22-24c

21 litres water
5 kg sugar
juice of 1 lemon
3/4 tin tom paste (small tin double concentrated)
half tin bakers yeast (small allinsons orange tin)

[olddog]

Just let it run, I have had washes take over two weeks before now. As long as its still fermenting its OK.

[Maverick50]

Thanks olddog.

Do you ever sleep

Lol

[olddog]

Its currently ten past four in the afternoon in Australia. You have only just got up in the old country.

[Ratty]

Hey Rad14..


What percentage does Birdwatcher's sugar wash come out at - do you know? Have just put some on as an alternative to the Turbo game!

[rad14701]

Hey Rad14..


What percentage does Birdwatcher's sugar wash come out at - do you know? Have just put some on as an alternative to the Turbo game!

That's a loaded question... It depends on the amounts of sugar and water... See the sugar wash calculator on the parent site... Another option is to use a hydrometer to get OG and FG readings...