KALE WASH (Feb 2016)

[ninja_geezer]

2 more days mate, at 1 popa minute it could be just wind
or as the yanks say gas.
put it on a cold floor it will soon clear.

Cheers gaza, will sit on my hands lol,,,

[Easydrinker]

Kitchen experience should tell you recipes don't always follow the plan.
Sometimes a wash goes haywire, as I posted above, I have one currrently.
I have run the same wash, repeatedly, for years.
I can only suck this one up and wait.


Robert.

[Mash]

The 6.5 kg will take f* ages. Yeast slows down after 10ish% IME.

[ninja_geezer]

2 more days mate, at 1 popa minute it could be just wind
or as the yanks say gas.
put it on a cold floor it will soon clear.

Cheers gaza, will sit on my hands lol,,,

just took an sg reading down from 1.086 to 0.993 about 12% popping about every 1.5 minutes .should i move to a cooler place see if clears ? or leave a while longer it has been 17 days since start.

[Mash]

"17 days" yeast can't count

[Easydrinker]

17 days?
Buy yourself another bucket, forget this one for as long as it takes.
Personally I would rack off though, to minimise off tastes from possible decomposition,
that the current/expected alcohol % is not high enough to prevent,
My tuppence worth.

Robert.

[ninja_geezer]

"17 days" yeast can't count

I think your right mash its not following the plan lol

[ninja_geezer]

17 days?
Buy yourself another bucket, forget this one for as long as it takes.
Personally I would rack off though, to minimise off tastes from possible decomposition,
that the current/expected alcohol % is not high enough to prevent,
My tuppence worth.

Robert.

thanks robert im gonna put it somewhere cool to clear up...

[ninja_geezer]

Mash . how long should i leave the kale wash to clear ..racked in the garage its sat at about 19c atm ,the coolest place i have.also how clear should it go ,its a kind of light straw colour atm. thanks.

[Mash]

^ wot he said.

I don't 'clear' them at all. A cold crash will drop a bit of crud. If you have about 1/2 inch of dead yeast at the bottom that'll do. Rack it off. (or get good at pouring)

[ninja_geezer]

thanks chaps into the still then ....

[Easydrinker]

If I can see the crud on the bottom, from the top, then that is usually good enough for me.
If I don't wait that long, then I have to work a little with a scrubbie after a strip run, to clean the bottom of the boiler.
I work as little as I have to.

Robert.

[MattN]

Hi Folks, tried this for the first time as per the instructions. Unfortunately my brew room is a constant 20C and I couldn't get this below 1.035. I ran it through anyway and the final product was good. My question is could I use wine yeast next time as I never have any fermenting issues at this temperature making beer or wine.

Cheers

Matt

[Mash]

20c was not the issue. Sorry.

For whatever reason this stuck.

Yes wine yeast will work. But might not be so "neutral". K1v might be worth a go.

[Easydrinker]

Have to agree with Mash, don't blame temps.
Sounds like a stuck wash to me.
Many reasons for those.
I have one refusing to drop below 1.100.
It's twin went .990 days ago.
I have no idea why.
Stick it in a corner and tell it is a naughty child.
Get some more working properly, and try and enforce shame upon those laclustre yeasties!

Robert