Best sugar-wash?

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Re: Best sugar-wash?

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Karstr wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:08 pm When I search this forum I find that many used to use fertilizer for a sugar wash. Is this still beeing done? Or are the tomato, boiled yeast or wheat bran better options?
DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) is a safe yeast Nutrient . It is also a fertiliser.
But not all fertiliser can be used as nutrient . Beware Urea fertiliser as it causes a carsongenic product to be formed .

Best get DAP from Home brew stores .
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Re: Best sugar-wash?

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Karstr wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:08 pm When I search this forum I find that many used to use fertilizer for a sugar wash. Is this still being done? Or are the tomato, boiled yeast or wheat bran better options?
Fertilizer is vague... In any case, do not use urea! You can use a 21-0-0 fertilizer, but the best solution remains DAP Diammonium phosphate because it provides both nitrogen and phosphorus, phosphorus is important for the cellular respiration. You can also add Epsom salt Magnesium sulphate), but it's not a must.
Tomato paste, do you want a bloody Mary cocktail straight from your still? Just kidding.
I highly recommend TFFV bulletproof recipe... Bran has got a twofold effect, it provides nutrients, and the yeasts have something (fibres) to stick to.
(which helps to keep them suspended in the fermenting fluid.) (The Compleat Distiller, page 13)
Be careful when you 'cook' your bran, as it can easily overflow...
Boiled yeast is a plus, it provides B vitamins and proteins.
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Re: Best sugar-wash?

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I have now made two FFW-mashes, stripped one of them. I ferment in a 60l Fermzilla. The ferment smells nice.
The next batch I make, I will try to combine most of youre advice; Wheat bran, bolied yeast, some tomato paste, DAP an multivitamins. This must bee a fool-proof combination?
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