Kale Wash

[Barafundle]

Having had several successful washes completed using Turbo stuff I thought I'd follow advice from this forum and do a Kale wash. Can somebody tell me, does the fermentation take longer this way? I used 100g kale (short cook and juice in the wash), 5k sugar and 1/2 tub Allinsons. That was 3 weeks ago and my last hydrometer reading showed I was only half way there. It still bubbles away merrily but previous washes in same temp completed in 14 ish days. Any suggestions?

[Mash]

How much and what yeast did you use ?

[packapoo]

Your i's are troubling you Mashman....

Extra week thus far over turdbos.....Don't see anything to worry about. Unless your're thirsty of course......

[Easydrinker]

5k sugar and 1/2 tub Allinsons. That was 3 weeks ago and my last hydrometer reading showed I was only half way there. It still bubbles away merrily but previous washes in same temp completed in 14 ish days. Any suggestions?

I would be slightly concerned
Such a brew is unlikely to convert a previous Turbo user.
I have never used Kale, my lentil washes are always done, (excepting one ) in two weeks or less.
Maybe you made a mistake, maybe you should consider a different neutral wash?

Robert.

[packapoo]

Yes but whats the temp, other then the 'same'

I always understood turdbos don't require any help in that area

[ninja_geezer]

My first kale wash took 18 days to finish .
sat in a fermentation fridge at a constant 28c +- 0.3 c using my inkbird 308 to control.thanks to the help on this site it was the best spirit by far i have made in the short time i have been making it. second kale been on the go for 13 days now and still bubbling nicely.

[Mash]

Nobody mention specsavers...

I am with Packapoo - what temp and is it stuck or just slow?

[ninja_geezer]

Nobody mention specsavers... ?? lost me Mash

[Mash]

LOL. very good.

[Easydrinker]

As you can see Barafundle, the team are rushing to offer sensible advice. Not!

Yes but whats the temp, other then the 'same'

I always understood turdbos don't require any help in that area

As you seem not to understand packs, they sometimes do.
I always ran them with a constant heat source.

Barafundle, maybe stick with Kale.
Maybe follow the Phantom here
He has been using Turbos for many years.
And he is a very content moderator of this forum.

This thread has prompted me to add a signature.
It will save me tapping it out time and time again.

Robert.

[H12rpo]

So my first ever wash ....kale, has been happily bubbling away for 12 days now. The bubbles have slowed some but still going at a rate of 3 or 4 per minute .....I imagine it's not far off completion. Should I open up and give it a vigorous stirring and then leave till no more bubbles or just wait till no more bubbles and not stir?

I have read that after bubbles have finished you should leave it settled for 2 days before racking into the still leaving behind the lees......is that the best approach ?

Also the lees are presumably only gig for chucking out then?

Ps the still is still in the post

[Easydrinker]

At your stage of mashing,I would give it another day and rack off.
Leave a couple more days and hope that the still is there for you to rack into.
The lees from this wash are certainly waste.

Robert.

[Mash]

Have you dropped a hydrometer in it?

If you rack it off. Be sure to to treat it like wine. No splashing and no air gap.

For me I wouldn't panic. Leave it a bit longer in primary. Undisturbed it will retain a co2 blanket to keep it safe.

[H12rpo]

Still bubbling.......took a small sample from the top and tested it on the refractometer and its reading 23%. ,!! Quite chuffed with that

[Easydrinker]

"Ground control to Major Tom, Something's wrong"
NO-ONE can ferment Kale to 23%.

Robert.