StillSmart

Oh dear,it looks like I want to pick a fight with the bigger boys tonight.....

Aidan,your lentil wash has no TP.

I thought the TP was in a TPW for nutrients;If you leave it out for Acidity reasons,then what?
Am I missing something?
Robert.

Lentils are nutritious, no?

As Chill suggested, Lentils do provide a huge source of nutrients for the yeasties. In my case the last thing I need is adding acid to my wash so tomato paste is out. I now get a very satisfactory finishing wash that finishes dry every time. My water supply is completely lime free and I can't run TPW but at my old address the water had some limescale and the TPW worked OK

As I said, if your water supply has limescale you may well find the the TPW recipe will work for you, just not for me and as I've detailed elsewhere the Lentil recipe works brilliantly in my water conditions

AM

hello going to give this lentil wash a try , looks cheap enough and ferments quickly

i use an airstill and so will be using your guide to double distilling as well

thanks , john.

I tried the tomato paste wash and it turned out great but I'm new at this and always looking for something better I am going to try the lentil wash this weekend. I will be doing a batch of wine and beer anyway might as well make a day of it.

Now as an after thought... I mostly have made neutral washes and tried the additives now some were pretty good but the best results have been a mixture of a rum wash and the JD chips it really made a Rum I like. You will notice I said A Rum I like not a good product they could be two different things. For now I think I will concentrate on neutrals and go from there it seems to work for me at least for mow. Feel free to jump in with comments if you wish.

I haven't tried this one, but I'm completely unsurprised that it works. Leaving a 2 day old scots broth soup on the cooker instead of refrigerating normally results in spontaneous fermentation.

No suprise that a sugary wort takes off like the clappers.

How does distilled scots broth soup taste?

I was looking for lentils didn't find red ones specifically might have been brown ones... does the color really matter?

The red ones are just hulled brown ones. I'd expect that any common lentil would be fine. The un-hulled ones might be even more nutritious. I'd be inclined to cook them a bit more.

Chuck

Yep! I agree with Chuck but I haven't tried the brown lentils as they don't have them in local supermarkets.

In times past (not all that long ago really) you could buy lentils, split peas, barley, etc, in most grocery shops and supermarkets but today these things are 'speciality' foods and only the bigger supermarkets and some health food stores stock them so perhaps the days of using lentils, and other similar sources of nutrients, for our washes are numbered.

AM

Walmart has them here... so i guess they will be around for a bit yet..

They are still available in most stores in Canada. Pop around to an Indian grocer, they will have them.

I'm not having any difficulty getting my lentils so far just commenting that things are changing in our world and that things that were available everywhere are now quite rare.

I get mine in Tesco at €2.38 a Kg. The nearest Oriental/Indian store to me is 45 miles away and they do have lentils but they work out at €3.10 a Kg plus petrol and the best wholesale price I can find is €51.25 for a 25Kg sack (€2.05 Kg) but €12.50 for shipping making a total of €63.75 or €2.55 Kg

AM

No problem getting Lentils here on the east coast of Canada they are in pretty much every grocery store. Started a lentil wash today if it turns out as good as advertised maybe I will have to stock up on lentils! Just as advertised within minutes I had a nice thick froth on top as well.