retraction- Oops!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:09 am
Howdy,
Here's original post bout SaflagerS23 being a dud for a heavy rum wash...
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3876&p=64289#p64036
House mate goes "F that $22 worth of yeast be buggered!" ..got the pH meter on it etc tweaked it for a day with bicarb etc and finally got all three washes to start...some 2 days later.
So S23 does work for rum but geez it's a slow start. Persistence pays I guess, all happy spitting out foam through the airlock.
Want to capture this yeast as its conditioned and re pitch for second gens...might well avoid the slow starts.
bt1
Here's original post bout SaflagerS23 being a dud for a heavy rum wash...
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3876&p=64289#p64036
House mate goes "F that $22 worth of yeast be buggered!" ..got the pH meter on it etc tweaked it for a day with bicarb etc and finally got all three washes to start...some 2 days later.
So S23 does work for rum but geez it's a slow start. Persistence pays I guess, all happy spitting out foam through the airlock.
Want to capture this yeast as its conditioned and re pitch for second gens...might well avoid the slow starts.
bt1