Kale & Golden syrup wash???

[Icefever]

God stuff.mate!. Might have to try the gs, can get it for ok price here, sounds yummy :-).

Give it a go Googe...they say GS is cheaper where you are now than in Aus..this maybe my Number 1 wash from now on. starting another one this weekend.

So Icefever was that just GS Kale & bakers
or any other adds vit cells etc.??
Do you think the Kale speeded the wash or
if poss kept it cleaner??

Just GS/kale/dried yeast....nothing else.
Can't say it went faster or cleaner..in fact it was a little "cloudy" when it went in the boiler..
It took 7/10 days to finish, before I stripped it.

[Mash]

Ice why is this your no1?
Speed, taste, most nuetral? I guess it isn't the easiest or the cheapest.

[Icefever]

It's the taste..the GS comes through...speed doesn't bother me...it's not the cheapest compared to sugar, but for me it comes back to taste...remember crap in..crap out.

It's as easy as a sugar wash.

[Mash]

It's the taste..the GS comes through...speed doesn't bother me...it's not the cheapest compared to sugar, but for me it comes back to taste...remember crap in..crap out.

It's as easy as a sugar wash.

Got it. So a good drink in its own right but perhaps not the best base for a gin?

[Icefever]

Myself I can't stand the smell of gin....don't know why.

I don't think it would be a good base for gin as the GS does shine through...but having said that...what's to stop you trying a small batch, the sweetness of the GS may add something to the drink??? just a thought.

[Mash]

Might make a good base for kraken?

[Easydrinker]

Myself I can't stand the smell of gin....don't know why.

Now, this is only a stab in the dark, but I would guess that you don't like Juniper

Robert.

[Icefever]

I'm on my 2nd GS/Kale wash....this time I put the kale in a small amount of water brought it to a simmer and hit it with a stick blender.

I only use about 6kg of GS this time as 7.5kg was too much last time. That way I have an extra wash every 6 bottles..poured all the kale into the bucket, added the yeast and away it went.
It's now in the ferm fridge at 26c..this is the highest I've ever set a wash...looking forward to running it.

The SG is 1.074..that'll do for me.

[Mash]

I think they are going so fast @ kale/100g/28c there is not time for Ph issues. Done is a week. 4.5l yield @ 40%

I gotta stop these experiments I am drowning in the stuff.

[Easydrinker]

I would take issue.
I bet you could finish them faster with a little Bi-Carb.
But if you don't need to.....


Robert.

[Icefever]

Good point ED....I'll check mine tonight just to see.

[Mash]

I put a beer on over the holiday and was surprised when it took off slowly... Then realised it should. I have been so used to kale rockets they have warped my reality.

[Easydrinker]

Every time I drop Bicarb into a neutral these days the old Star treck line of "Scotty, warp factor 6", and "It's the engines Captain, they cannae take it!" come to mind..

Robert.