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Lemon juice is fine mate... Just squeeze a medium lemon into ~25L...

Boc1971 wrote:Greetngs guys - want to try this wash out today - thought had some citric acid in the cupboard ( powder form ) but I don't --- im 2.5 hours round trip to town so don't want to have to go all that way for 1 small container - so is there an alternative I can use in its place ? I have lemon trees can they be used and if so -- how much ?? thanks

TBH mate the acid isn't really needed.. check ph after everything is mixed up and add lemon juice if it needs it. But it will ferment out fine without it, either way :handgestures-thumbupleft:

thanks gentlemen , always a pleasure to get great advice from such forums ..... :)

While you're here, why don't you drop into the Welcome foun and tell us a bit about yourself :)

Hi all,
I have been 11 years of working on my own making all my 25 lt mashes with turbo yeast. I have always been happy with the results (knowing no better). I have been reading, for the first time in 10 years, with interest how our "industry" has changed. I never knew there was any other way of doing it except the turbo way. So could not wait to try TPW.

I am making my first 25 ltr TPW using
6kg Aldi sugar
80 gms Lowan Red instant dried yeast
200gms Tomato Paste
Pinch Epsom salts
Juice of a lemon

Starting Sg of 1080
Mash started good and has been working steady for 10 days at an air temperature range of 16c night and 23 day. The Sg is 990 but the mash has not started to settle out and there are still lots of bubbles on top of the mash and definite movement.

Should I wait before distilling.

Regards

Jdaus

That's ready to run mate :handgestures-thumbupleft: You can give it a brisk stir to degas it and let it clear if you have the time (a week) or you can run it straight away if it's at .990, I haven't noticed much difference either way :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thank you. I am just running my last (I hope) Turbo so it will be a couple of days before I start the TPW. I cant wait to see the difference. I will let you know !!!! John

Hey Jdaus,
Would like to hear a little more about what you have been making (flavours and your setup).Would be great if you could head over to the welcome center section of the forum and start a thread telling us a little bit about your equipment (Pic would be awesome) and the runs you do. The lads here give some great advice and are happy to pick up new tricks.

Cheer

The mrs just bagged up the 4kg tin of tomatoe paste into bags with 200g each and chucked them in the freezer :-)

hey just about to mix my first TPW and curious about the amount of Yeast.
This is the only Yeast i can buy from my local supermarkets and it seems like an awful lot of yeast.
could someone please comfirm that i have the right yeast and i am to add the whole box minus 4g

Thankyou all once again.

That yeast will work Fine Dezza

Next time your near a different supermarket ,see if they stock the big Red can of "Lowans" or "Saf Instant" yeast ...so much cheaper than the satchels

Yummyrum wrote:That yeast will work Fine Dezza

Next time your near a different supermarket ,see if they stock the big Red can of "Lowans" or "Saf Instant" yeast ...so much cheaper than the satchels

:text-+1: Every Woolies/Coles will stock it.


Good luck with the run mate :smile:


Yell out if you have any dramas :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Edit: If its a 25 litre wash then just chuck all of that yeast in......then go buy some Lowans.

TPW is almost farkin foolproof mate ;-)

Woodsy71 wrote:

Yummyrum wrote:That yeast will work Fine Dezza

Next time your near a different supermarket ,see if they stock the big Red can of "Lowans" or "Saf Instant" yeast ...so much cheaper than the satchels

:text-+1: Every Woolies/Coles will stock it.


Good luck with the run mate :smile:


Yell out if you have any dramas :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Edit: If its a 25 litre wash then just chuck all of that yeast in......then go buy some Lowans.

TPW is almost farkin foolproof mate ;-)

Chucked it all in and followed the recipe and within 30 mins it bubbling away. Just need to wait and hope all goes well. Confident all good!
thanks again.

I've followed this recipe several times now, the hardest part is sitting on your hands, doing nothing, for the couple of weeks or so that the yeast needs to do its thing.

In my T500 I ditch the first 100 ml as foreshots, and as I'm looking for really clean product, I cut the first 3 x 250 ml jars.
That gets me into the hearts which are unbelievably clean, odourless etc. Especially after airing for a day.

It's all so simple it's untrue! Cheap too.

Don't forget to recycle the heads.

Good luck and enjoy.
(and thanks again to the forum for setting me on the path)

George.bryant.nz wrote:The mrs just bagged up the 4kg tin of tomatoe paste into bags with 200g each and chucked them in the freezer :-)

That is love of the first order.

Either that or you've got her incredibly well trained.

Marbled, get another fermenter and stagger your washes so that you've got one to run every weekend, if you don't like waiting :handgestures-thumbupleft:

My fermenting room is down to 9 deg and the tom wash 6 weeks seems stuck on 995 run it or not
Its clear as
That's 1/2 way between 990 and the green line 1000

995 is done, mate!

Thanks will run them

is 10.00 a good hydromiter reading for a finished TPW