by Gavhancox » Sat Dec 08, 2018 4:58 pm
Question about getting a 130lt rum wash going again?
It's a gen 5 rum wash standard mix, 2.5lt dunder for each 25lt mix ( i mixed them separately and tipped in big fermenter, same one I'd used before ) it started fine and chugged away for 2 days then slowed to stall at 1040. Have reheated it decanted it and re oxengented it adjusted the PH up a little it got to 3.2.All to no avail, Pretty sure that's why it stopped.
I'm thinking as my water is about 8 PH , so if i mix it and decant say 15 ltr add a bit of sugar and get it going that way, would hope the water get it back into zone , it'll be alot of bugger around, ,could do one and see if ok , and then perhaps split it in half and do as above, I have 3 160 ltr fermenters amd 5 30lt which normally do beer.
Appreciate opinions :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Rock, Yonks ago I was having issues with my ferment stalling, so I mucked around with the ph thinking that was the drama, in short I stopped using cal carbonate for ph adjustment, problem fixed. Each ferment hangs anywhere between 3.8 to 4.4 with no issues. I’m up to gen 19 at the moment.
The other thing I stopped was using Dunder as I had issues with stalling at around 4 gens as well as infections. Still not sure if that was the total problem or not but I haven’t had an infection since.
I also put a heater at 32 degrees in the 200lt ferment after I have mixed the yeast in, whether it’s summer or winter, except jan feb as it’s consistently warm enough anyway. put the lid on it, the next time I check it in 3-4 weeks it is around 1030. (Starts at around 1100) from that I get about 50 lt from a stripping run. Don’t muck around with it let it do its thing 19 runs with no issues is good for me
Hope that helps