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Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-08-02T14:01:18+00:00

Over the weekend one of the 25 litre washes stopped bubbling and it\'s down to .990 so the turbo clear went in last night in preperation for a stripping run tomorrow night.
The other fermenter is still bubbling quite happily so I\'ve not checked the SG on that.
Seems the Still Spirits method works quite nicely

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:01 pm

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-31T15:36:13+00:00

Just chking to see whether it worked.

Statistics: Posted by ozibrewer — Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:36 pm

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-31T15:07:34+00:00

Sorry about the PS - I\'ve just found the sticky - was getting ahead of myself posting without doing the due diligence!!

Statistics: Posted by ozibrewer — Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:07 pm

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-31T15:05:12+00:00

Hi Marc. It\'s not all bad.
I got enough from the first 4 litres to get over two 700ml bottles at 37% ABV. So my 16 litres of wash is still (no pun intended) going to give me about 8 1/2 bottles which I\'m very pleased with for the first attempt.
I\'m fairly certain it stopped after about 6-7 days because it got a bit cold. I had it wrapped in a sleeping bag but it\'s been pretty cold over in South West Oz this month. I bought a heating belt and did slap it around a bit before adding the second yeast but it didn\'t get up.
The belt should sort out future batches I hope.
The sun\'s just gone over the yard-arm over here so I\'m going to have a taste. :-)
PS - how do you get an avatar up on this site??

Statistics: Posted by ozibrewer — Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:05 pm

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-31T09:05:40+00:00

Hi ozibrewer,never had a stuck wash before,im quite strict trying to keep the washes at the correct condition,i think the Classic is by far the easiest,possibly fool-proof to make.What do you think happened?Did you have it covered(wrapped in a blanket) and on a heat pad or something??the classic can pretty much fully ferment without either,and even with our weather here at the mo,have done two in as many weeks,both uncovered and no heatpad.On the other hand if fermenting outside,did the temp drop too far and stick??A good stir up and some heat would have kick started it again...And how much sugar did you use??You will still get some drink out of it just not as much.Good learning experience to add to the back of the mind.Better luck for the next one,and post your results from this one.

Statistics: Posted by marc83 — Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:05 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-31T08:55:29+00:00

Hi all, just joined this forum and hit on this thread; which is very useful as my virgin batch was stuck on SG 1.018. Tried to fire it up wuth a champagne yeast which blinked, then died.
Oh well, 4 litres into the Easy Still and lat\'s see what happens. But had I read Phantom\'s post above I would have been more cautious and gone for the 3 litres instead.
Nevertheless by way of feedback, it\'s been happily distilling for an hour now and no signs of boilover. I used a capful of conditioner and a pack of ceramic beads.
Cheers.

Statistics: Posted by ozibrewer — Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:55 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-29T01:30:36+00:00

I\'ve followed the SS FAQ and fermented a SS classic for 2 days with 6kg of sugar. I checked the SG of the new SS classic and it was .990 - it has totally fermented all the sugar in under 48 hours so I\'m not sure the yeast has got much left but we\'ll see what happens.
Split the mix 50/50 with the new SS classic about an hour ago and already the airlock is bubbling showing there is some gas being produced so let\'s see what happens. If it finishes in 2 days I\'ll have 75 litres of wash sat here (with the alcotec)...

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:30 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-20T02:12:06+00:00

Unfortunately the wash has stuck again. I\'m just waiting for some more turbo classic yeast to come through and I\'ll 50/50 split the wash with the new wash.
Not entirely sure I need 50 litres of wash especially when I\'ve just started 25 litres of Alcotec 23% but I\'m not going to waste it !!

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:12 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-18T03:53:00+00:00

There are intermittent bubbles coming through the airlock so it\'s started fermenting again.
Fingers crossed for a wash for next weekend
I\'ll keep you posted on progress.

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:53 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-18T03:06:10+00:00

Interested to see how this one goes,personally i would have cleared the wash very well,then ran it through thew still,and started another.The ol SS classic is usually a quick ferment.Had one fully ferment out in 3-4 days,then left for a week to clear.

Statistics: Posted by marc83 — Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:06 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-17T18:52:12+00:00

Just got home from work and there was the parcel Simple directions - add straight to brew. Reading is 1010 - lets see what happens.
Thanks

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:52 pm

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-17T01:44:04+00:00

Thank you MrCat, don\'t forget to tell everyone how wonderful it is....or not although I\'m rather hoping you will be very happy. This yeast has helped a lot of sticky ferments.

Statistics: Posted by Ellie-Claire — Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:44 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-16T11:12:06+00:00

Alcotec produce a Turbo re-start yeast which is desgned to re-boot stuck turbo yeasts

I\'d spotted that in your shop so I\'ve bought a couple. One to try out and one to keep to one side for next time!

Statistics: Posted by MrCat — Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:12 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-16T09:53:01+00:00

Alcotec produce a Turbo re-start yeast which is desgned to re-boot stuck turbo yeasts. There is no need to use a starter just throw in. Still spirits don\'t have one (well not in UK anyway) but it is suitable for all.

I had a batch which had stuck at around 1.010, presumably because of high temperature but after a day or so it was back bubbling away. There would be some situations that it wouldn\'t work but it depends on what was the cause of the stuck ferment in the first place.

Statistics: Posted by Ellie-Claire — Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:53 am

Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

2010-07-16T07:02:36+00:00

they have the new information flyer on the still spirits website,

if you find the old flyer, it will recommended 7kg of dextrose (not sucrose), the turbo sugar has a blend of active carbons it it, which allows you to increase yeild when using 8kg but decrease quality as you are increasing the % and by products in the environment overall altho impurities are absorbed by the carbon to help it out.

reducing the fermentables will result in higher quality spirit, lower yield hence the excellent quality rating at the bottom of the chart.

Its a trade off, but I am bias to quality haha
options avaliable is, stick the clearing agent in, the increase in yeild would be fairly insignificant for the hassle involved. Second, as the site suggests split the volume with a new batch. Note from memory adding more yeasts will result in high nitrogen in the environment as its the active nutrients, altho i believe the nutrients formulation has been recently changed to comply with new food laws and developed by oxford uni (stand to be corrected on this) I beleive the active ingrident has stayed the same less the problem compound.

Now side effects of adding to much nutrients is the batch will actually go green... but this requires a fair bit of it haha
food for thought

Statistics: Posted by freelancement — Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:02 am