Sugar wash fail?
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Sugar wash fail?
My new Turbo Sugar wash just isn't bubbling. I followed exactly the same process and quantities as previous, but have seen hardly any bubbling in 5 days. The fermenting bin lid isn't exactly tight, so I have taped it up.
21L tap water (left to stand for 24 hours)
6kg Turbo Sugar
Packet Turbo Yeast
Packet Carbon
Anyone else had similar problems? Should I leave it? Ditch it? Strip run it?
21L tap water (left to stand for 24 hours)
6kg Turbo Sugar
Packet Turbo Yeast
Packet Carbon
Anyone else had similar problems? Should I leave it? Ditch it? Strip run it?
Re: Sugar wash fail?
You should measure the SG. Action in the bubbler only works if there are no leaks.
Take the lid off and look for bubbles or put your ear to it and listen for them. If the SG isn't dropping and you can't see, or hear, activity, then you have a problem.
Your other problem might be that Turbo yeasts don't make great liquor for drinking. If you are making fuel, they are excellent.
Take the lid off and look for bubbles or put your ear to it and listen for them. If the SG isn't dropping and you can't see, or hear, activity, then you have a problem.
Your other problem might be that Turbo yeasts don't make great liquor for drinking. If you are making fuel, they are excellent.
Re: Sugar wash fail?
Ok, thanks. What yeast do you recommend?
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Chris is on the money, you never rely on an air lock to tell you if a ferment is doing well or not.
Use your eyes and ears, get that lid off and have a look in there , is it fizzing on top.....or just tiny bubbles......stick your ear close ..can you hear it fizzing .....NO I'm not joking ..it will talk to you and tell you things.
Get rid of the Turdbo rubbish and run some proper yeast in washes at realistic alcohol levels.
Use your eyes and ears, get that lid off and have a look in there , is it fizzing on top.....or just tiny bubbles......stick your ear close ..can you hear it fizzing .....NO I'm not joking ..it will talk to you and tell you things.
Get rid of the Turdbo rubbish and run some proper yeast in washes at realistic alcohol levels.
Re: Sugar wash fail?
For sugar wash neutral, I use bakers yeast and only aim for 8% ABV so as not to stress the yeast and cause off flavors. Some here aim higher, maybe 10%, but 8% works well for me. Fast ferments, clean product suitable for gin after double distillation in a simple pot still, even better with reflux for the spirit run.
I've tried a few methods described on this forum, but I've gravitated back to using Shady's Sugar Shine, which I was probably making before Shady got the internet https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70585
I've tried a few methods described on this forum, but I've gravitated back to using Shady's Sugar Shine, which I was probably making before Shady got the internet https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70585
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There wasn't an internet, as we know it, back then. It would have been before I bought a 1200 baud modem and a monitor.
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Ahhh. The soft and gentle, soothing sound of a modem connecting. It still amazes me that I used to have to hang up the phone to a friend in order to look something up on the internet (and not on Google).
On-topic: I made one turbo sugar wash and I still use the dregs of the stripping run for cleaning new still parts. Actually I think I used the last of it cleaning the reflux column when I built it.
On-topic: I made one turbo sugar wash and I still use the dregs of the stripping run for cleaning new still parts. Actually I think I used the last of it cleaning the reflux column when I built it.
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Re: Sugar wash fail?
Thanks for your input everyone - I'll definitely ditch the Turbo and go Baker's Yeast.
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Well, I did by stripping run with that wash (I left it in the fermenting bin for 7 days). I has 22L of wash, got 3L out @ 86%Vol. Then I did a neutral spirit run (diluted it to 38%Vol) and got 6L out at 84%Vol. Tastes a little 'yeasty', but has a full, rounded feel about it. I'm putting it through a carbon filter now. Next step will be a gin distil.
Next one will be Shady's Sugar Wash recipe.
Next one will be Shady's Sugar Wash recipe.
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1200. Baud. Sheer luxury.
Some of us has to work on 300 and an acoustic coupler
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