Turbo Yeasts

[0127frey]

Would i be right in thinking that the odd taste i get in the Spirit is coming from using Turbo Yeast ?,If so what is the best Yeasts ti use.

[Mash]

For me the 'cleanest spirit' after quite some testing... is kale and bread yeast.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3874&p=39962&hilit=kale+wash#p39962

[vino-tinto]

For me the 'cleanest spirit' after quite some testing... is kale and bread yeast.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3874&p=39962&hilit=kale+wash#p39962

I keep seeing posts about Kale wash, tell me, is it that good.
We used to just feed it to the cattle, now you buy it in shops.

[Mash]

In trials, for me it came up with the cleanest neutral...

[vino-tinto]

Just downloaded your recipe and going to ASDA this week for the Kale.

I'll give anything a go to improve the quality.

[Mash]

Let us know what you think.

[Icefever]

Believe me, VT it works a treat...I had my doubts but no longer, I use it in my GS washes.
It seems the kale has all the nutrients the little yeasties want.

[vino-tinto]

The main thing is, can I make bubble & squeak with the greens afterwards.

[Mash]

The main thing is, can I make bubble & squeak with the greens afterwards.

Stir-fry please!!

[Easydrinker]

OK, so I guess that I could make Dhall with the spent Lentils from my neutral washes, but the chucks seem to have so much fun pecking them up, I hate to deprive them.

Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

With regards original topic, a few of us sometimes use Alcotec vodka star, which is not exactly a turbo but does have nutrients included in the sachet with the yeast and produces good results and still pretty quick.

It claims 14% abv from 5kg of sugar in 5 days. Calling it 7 days including a bit of clearing time makes it handy to put on one weekend, ready for distilling the next.

[Easydrinker]

Back in the days that I joined this site, I did discover that if I allowed a few more days, a Turbo pack could sort out twice the volume of mash.
That halved the cost, and brings it to just above the cost of my current neutral wash.
The current wash I do not wait to clear before stripping, the Turbo I always did.
I think the current one tastes better.
Maybe I should try anther turbo and strip it cloudy as fair comparison?

Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

The turbo 48 is still going to be a little funky in my opinion.

I'd try the vodka star with half a packet. With half a packet it'll have less krausen than you're used to with lentils but will fizz away happily.

I bought 10 packets for £28 because it was free delivery across the Irish sea. I'm sure there are better deals than that.

Gaza and Phantom both use it too.

[gaza the instructor]

Try here Curmaudgeon
http://www.discountbrew.co.uk/spirits-d ... o-yeast-db

[Curmudgeon]

Nice! If that includes delivery to mainland UK then I think it's great.

In my mind I think 50p for bread yeast and another 50p for nutrient which could be tomato paste or lentils or kale or whatever (roughly) for 25 litres. I buy nutrient in local home brew shop for roughly £1.50 which is a lot of spoonfuls of dap (dap = nutrient)

Call that a quid and a bit and appreciate I'm going to get hit for postage on not supermarket stuff and £1 for natural yeast and nutrient per litre versus £3 for a non nasty turbo that is designed for but will do maybe 50 litres suddenly seems like a good deal.

Either way, call it 45p x 6 for sugar and £2.80 for vodka star and 90p for lidl spring water for spirit run and a random guess of £1 for electric. That's £7.40 which I imagine is on the high side for a strip run.

That's easily 5 litres of lovely home vodka at say £1.50 a litre compared to £15 a litre at cheapest supermarket price and we all know it's way better than much more expensive shop stuff.

When I bought a T500 still and pot head last week, it was £280. My first spirit run (half a tank) produced approximately 5 litres of way better than shop booze. Approximate cost as mentioned above and that was a half run.

I guess it'll take me three runs to recoup my money?