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googe wrote: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.

gaza the instructor wrote: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.

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

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.

Icefever wrote: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?

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.

Might make a good base for kraken?

Icefever wrote: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.

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.

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.

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


Robert.

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

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.

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.