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Anybody have a sugar wash turn pinkish .
I put two 25ltr sugarwashes up
25ltr 6kgsugar 1/2 pack of turbo in each. its nearly finished this morning
but its taken on a pinkish appearance
Anybody had this. (both washes are the same)
Only different thing i have done is fermented it outside . I normally do it in the shed
could sunlight do this??
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baldyben wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:16 am Anybody have a sugar wash turn pinkish .

Only different thing i have done is fermented it outside . I normally do it in the shed
could sunlight do this??

I had this happen once ... when I cold crashed a batch outside (taking advantage of winter weather). I suspected then that sunlight was the culprit but I never exposed a wash to sunlight again and, shortly thereafter, moved on to AG.

So, I never had it happen again but I never repeated the same conditions.
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It never happened, they could be impurity in sugar, it could also be some ingredients of your yeast.
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I used boiled wine lees/slurry that I keep for nutrients and it made my sugar wash pinkish. Sounds like a bacterial infection of some sort if it developed into a pink Wash. any off or unexpected smells?
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jonnys_spirit wrote: Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:10 am I used boiled wine lees/slurry that I keep for nutrients and it made my sugar wash pinkish. Sounds like a bacterial infection of some sort if it developed into a pink Wash. any off or unexpected smells?
No unusual smell and it tastes ok for fermented sugar wash
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I found this thread using the google search tool referring to a pink wash:
https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop ... =3&t=46995

I'd be wary in any case and research because it's not a typical scenario for a wash to turn pink.

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I suspect it could be. I dealt with pink washes for a while, and never figured out a single cause. I ended up creating a whole new fermenting procedure, with new equipment as the only way to get rid of it. I did partially suspect the sunlight, as that room get 6 hours a day of it. I also blamed the type of yeast used as well as replacing all fermenting vessels. I tried changing them one by one, but it didn't go away until I re-did everything about the process.

If all you changed was moving it to the great outdoors, then try a blanket or non-opaque fermenter with the same recipe and see if it continues.
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If the pH is close to neutral, (unlikely in a sugar wash), it could be Brevibacterium linens, which is present on your skin. When making washed rind cheese, I propagate it from my skin rather than paying exorbitant prices for cultures.
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NZChris wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:11 pm If the pH is close to neutral, (unlikely in a sugar wash), it could be Brevibacterium linens, which is present on your skin. When making washed rind cheese, I propagate it from my skin rather than paying exorbitant prices for cultures.
S-methyl thioesters “Stinky Feet” bacteria. I must’ve propagated tons of that shit during gym class :sick:
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My WPOSW washes all seem somewhat pink. The wash itself clears to a very pale amber but the trub at the bottom of the bucket after it's cleared has a definite pink tone. I just assumed it was a yeast thing. I have relatively hard water and use oyster shells to manage the pH.
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NormandieStill wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:33 am The wash itself clears to a very pale amber but the trub at the bottom of the bucket after it's cleared has a definite pink tone.
Its always been that way got me too . Doesn’t really seem to matter what sugar wash I use , they all end up with a pale pink trub
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Emptied the fermenter today , remembered this topic .
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Baldy , did you run it and did it taste any different to the not pink one ?
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Might be a dead rat there in the bottom turnin it pink Yummy ,did ya have a scratch around to see?
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