Turbo sugar in a TPW?

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Turbo sugar in a TPW?

Postby Bbqdistiller » Sat Jan 11, 2020 11:16 am

Hello brains trust,

I received 12 Kg of turbo sugar with my T500 for Christmas which I’ve used half of to makes a sacrificial wash.

My question is Will the carbon in the turbo sugar cause a problem if I were to use the remaining turbo sugar in a TPW?

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Re: Turbo sugar in a TPW?

Postby RC Al » Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:07 pm

Nah
Yeast dont care bout no carbon :cool:
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Re: Turbo sugar in a TPW?

Postby Bbqdistiller » Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:10 pm

RC Al wrote:Nah
Yeast dont care bout no carbon :cool:


Thanks RC Al

I figured as much considering what I’ve read here about TPW being very forgiving. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Turbo sugar in a TPW?

Postby wynnum1 » Sun Jan 12, 2020 6:05 am

Paying extra money for turbo sugar not a good idea to use as a sacrificial wash just use cheap sugar the carbon in the wash works but for the extra cost probably not a good investment.
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Re: Turbo sugar in a TPW?

Postby Bbqdistiller » Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:59 am

I used the turbos for a sacrificial wash because I’d put down that wash and THEN read that I needed to do a sacrificial run.
From what I’ve read turbos are not all that great anyway and a sacrificial run is probably the best use of them.

I now have a TPW in the fermenter bubbling away and will hopefully have some drinkable neutral when it has finished. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Turbo sugar in a TPW?

Postby wynnum1 » Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:47 pm

Turbo sugar is dextrose and has carbon and if purchase Turbo Production Pack 6kg – Still Spirits that is one expensive cleaning run .
Cleaning run does not need to fill the boiler just has to have enough so that the boiler does not expose the heating element anytime during the run .
if you have followed instructions on the wash could just do a new wash TPW with the sediment from the turbo sugar wash as sacrificial and and then be able to do a comparison .

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