KALE WASH (Feb 2016)

[gaza the instructor]

@ Boozybinger
Yes say goodbye and good riddance to that
vile black carbon stuff.

[Easydrinker]

@ Boozybinger
Yes say goodbye and good riddance to that
vile black carbon stuff.

I never actually used the stuff in a wash myself.
It somehow always seemed wrong.
I am sure that some folk use it and are content.
Horses for courses.
My methods are not necessarily better than anyone elses, but have evolved with me, and suit what I do.

[gaza the instructor]

Its horrid stuff Easydrinker, gets everywhere.
stains everything, you have done well to miss.

[inspector gadget]

First Kale wash

I thought I had discovered purest green (Blackadder) but after a comfortable night we have brightened up a bit, first time using bakers yeast (from Conrad our local baker) a bit slow to get cracking but now burping away contentedly.

Four whole weeks in and we are still producing C02, will check the Ph and SG, give it another stir and see if any nasties are growing...

edit to add
SG 1.002
Ph 1.77
EC 0.69ms / 0480 ppm

nothing i can see or smell to indicate anything nasty going on.

[makum101]

Going to try this again tomorrow. I didnt realise until I got back home from Tesco but I bought Allison's easy bake dried yeast tin (green tin) instead of the Allison's bakers dried yeast tin (yellow tin). Will it be OK with 'easy bake' version?

It has one extra ingredient that does something to flour apparently - bread improver - Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)

[Easydrinker]

To the best of my Knowledge, the Easy bake version works as well as the regular one.
Don't be shy with either version, I use 100g per 23 litres.
My local Tesco have not stocked the regular version for a month now.
I recently bought 40 tins of the good old regular stuff from that online retailer beginning with A, at the old Tesco price.

Robert.

[makum101]

Cheers. Ill try with 100g. I did 50g last time and it struggled.

[inspector gadget]

First Kale wash

I thought I had discovered purest green (Blackadder) but after a comfortable night we have brightened up a bit, first time using bakers yeast (from Conrad our local baker) a bit slow to get cracking but now burping away contentedly.

The Kale wash is still bubbling away, the SG is at 0.990, no off smells, hopefully it will stop soon lol....

[Mash]

Have you put the kale in, or did you boil it down first and use the juice ?

It does benefit from a bit of warmth as well

[inspector gadget]

First I juiced it and then boiled the Kale then added that to the juice when it had cooled, no solid matter went in it...

[Mash]

I just roughly chop, steam it for 5 mins in a pan with say 1/2 liter of water. Then add the water to the fermenter and eat the kale.

It is quicker than opening the bags of sugar and getting it all dissolved

[gaza the instructor]

Use 5kg bags Mash nice and easy

[Easydrinker]

I just roughly chop, steam it for 5 mins in a pan with say 1/2 liter of water. Then add the water to the fermenter and eat the kale.

It is quicker than opening the bags of sugar and getting it all dissolved

Well, you are a lucky fecker.
My local supermarkets are only selling really roughly chopped Kale.
It is feckin' inedible as a vegetable, the green bits are cooked and the leaf stalk is like chewing on kindling.
And we wonder why today's generation hate veg?

Robert.

[Mash]

LMAO.

It comes from the garden - I grew some this year ....and if I applied my self its probably your fault somewhere along the line !!

PS "stalk is like chewing on kindling" Amen to that!

...still chuckling thank you

[Easydrinker]

At least starting with the whole leaf you can chop out the centre stalk!

Robert.