Wheatbix Allbran Wash

[Still Game]

I have been using this sugar wash recipe for over a year with good results. I have no idea of the origin of this recipe and the site where I found it is no more. I have found no record of it on here. I think, at least there should be a record.

Ingredients for a standard home brew 23 litre fermenter

5kg sugar (white or raw) -
Approx. 3 cups crushed weetbix (12 Bix)
Approx. 3 cups all bran
Approx. 1.5 teaspoons Epsom salts
Approx. 75g of bakers yeast
Approx. 1 teaspoon citric acid (or juice of a lemon)
Water up to around 21litre mark

Method:

Add approx. 1 jugful boiling water to saucepan and add sugar, stir over low heat until dissolved.
Add citric acid and stir
Pour sugar liquid into fermenter
Add weetbix / allbran into saucepan, add jugful of hot water and simmer on low heat for around a minute, stirring.
Add to fermenter, top up to 21 litres, stir and make sure final temp between around 27-30 degrees Celsius.
Add Epsom salts and stir
Add yeast and stir.
Put lid on fermenter but don't fully screw down lid for around half a day or so due to aggressive initial ferment action....

I don’t bother with the epsom salts and use EC-1118. Gives a very clean neutral. I have been meaning to pot still it to see what flavours come through if any.