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Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:34 am
by Robbo12
Hi I've had a kale wash on the go for 2 weeks sg 1070 5kg t&l suger and 500ml kale juice temp been around 28°© now i think is stuck it's on 1030 and not moved in a week and I've gave it a good beating any ideas lads thanks.
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:45 pm
by gaza the instructor
Maybe not enough Kale juice, but try crushing a vit B
table into a little sterile/bottled water and stir in
then have a wait.
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sat Dec 29, 2018 2:54 am
by Robbo12
Ok will try it thanks
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:33 am
by Mash
Can you ph test?
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:18 pm
by Robbo12
I've not got a pH tester I've added a vit b tablet fingers crossed.
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:26 pm
by gaza the instructor
Hope it works for you. Our water here in London
is so hard I never suffer from Ph problems.
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sun Dec 30, 2018 3:12 am
by just sayin'
Does it taste dry?
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:55 am
by Robbo12
No still got a sweet taste to it
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sun Dec 30, 2018 10:56 am
by Mash
If it still don't start you can do a add back / recovery starter with it.
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sun Dec 30, 2018 10:57 am
by Mash
try adding 1/2 tsp (smallest dribble) of olive oil and airate it again.
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sun Dec 30, 2018 5:23 pm
by Robbo12
I will try that tomorrow not checked it today
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:42 pm
by Klunk
Sometimes mine get stuck this time of year as the air temp drops in my workshop, even though the the workshop has a gas heater and bins are heated and well insulated. What I do is give it a stir, let it almost settle, drop a flat teaspoon of bicarb in and put the lid on and make sure the damn thing is airtight. You might want to up the temp to 30 as well and see how it goes

Best of luck.
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:44 pm
by Robbo12
Ok thanks put vit b tablet in the other day nothing as yet but will try the barb soda worth a try .
Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Tue Jan 01, 2019 10:39 am
by Mash
Stop messing and do a recovery.
Make a simple 1 litre starter.
Once it's going well, add 1 litre of the stuck ferment to the starter.
Once that's going well, repeat doubling the volume each time with stuck ferment.
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Re: Kale wash stuck!

Posted:
Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:46 pm
by Robbo12
Ok took the plunge i had a pack of yeast restarter so put that in many thanks.