by tox » Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:03 pm
Hay guys,
I have finally put down my first wash. As I was so excited.....I didn't take photos along the way which now looking back it would have been cool. Been so busy looking for work and family stuff that I haven't even made any more movement towards putting the rig together, but the ingredients for the wash have been sitting there for a week so I thought I should get that done and that way I am forcing myself to get it going!!!
So I have done a corn flake wash:
500gm Woolies corn flakes (I checked the ingredient list against the proper ones and the woolies brand have malt extract higher but other than that theres 1-2(I think( % more corn and no other difference)
4kgs white sugar
3 tbls bakers yeast (activated with cup of hotish water and a good whack of honey) on a side note, I have been baking bread for one of the boys we used to care for and always did the yeast thing in honey as part of the recipe, it fires up really well, nearly went over the bowl so I had to chuck it into a pot.
1 Medium lemon (hand squeezed as I couldn't find the juicer thingy)
Heated 5 litres water and dissolved the sugar, let it simmer/heat up for a little while probs 10 mins
added that to 10 litres in the fermenter.
Cooked the cornflakes up in 4litres water to a porridge, while I was getting the BBQ temp gauge going with batteries from the tv remote :wtf: I put the pot on the sink, its tipped over and I lost some of the porridge. So I added the other 100gms I had left over so I reckon it was about right.....
Temp gauge went silly, I added some blocks of ice to get temp down and it started going up from 104 cel so I know that wasn't right. I let it sit for a good 20mins and chucked the yeast in. I am hoping it was cool enough, will see in a bit.
I airlocked it and set the timer for an hour to see if there is any action. still got 35 mins to wait. If I killed the yeast due to not having the right temp, I am sure that I will know by tonight or even the morning due to no action.
Having to hit bunnings later tonight due to getting some stuff for new job starting tomorrow so that should be interesting.
Question, I have to make a hole in the urn lid for the SS nipple, better to get a hole cutter or a bit ass drill bit in you guyses opinions??
Chat soon.
†ox