Just let me open with I’m not new to fermenting sugar washes, and their pitfalls, including the Kale version. But this has me stumped.
Pitched the starter 5 and half days ago. Ferment got off to a reasonable start in 6hrs and has been fizzing/circulating strongly ever since. But the bloody gravity is still bang on 1.072….
Wash still smells brilliant (fresh pineapple wtf?)
17L starter @ 1.050
11g Omega Kviek Lutra rehydrated in Goferm protect.
2tbsp dead bakers yeast for nutrients
2 or 3 fresh kale leaves, starsan’d, blended to soup.
pH of 5ish
Aquarium pump and airstone aeration for 12hrs at 25deg C
Pitched into 153L (190 total)
Combined gravity 1.072
Sea shells in a hop spider have kept pH above 4.2 (since raised to 5.2 with calcium carbonate)
700g fresh kale, starsan’d, blended.
1/4 cup dead bakers yeast for nutrients.
Kept at 24deg C (Just bumped temp up to 26deg).
Was the starter not as good as the Brewersfriend starter calculator said it should be?
What else could it be?
I don’t have any more Lutra yeast on hand - it’s a order and wait thing.