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turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:25 pm
by jman69
Hi. Recently i have started to make tomato paste washes instead of using turbo sugar etc.
Question, i have one two kg. bag of turbo sugar spare , can i put in with the next t.p.w? ie: three kg of white sugar and the two kg turbo sugar. Or should i just ditch the turbo stuff? Thanks in advance.

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:32 pm
by RC Al
The sugar is just fine
Its the yeast that is evil

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:51 pm
by jman69
ok, so whitch yeast would you suggest?

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:27 pm
by bluc
Bakers for tpw

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:35 pm
by BigRig

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:20 pm
by The Stig
I may be wrong , it’s been a while but isn’t turbo sugar just dextrose ?
Use it at 1:1 and you’ll be fine (I think)

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:17 am
by Carol
I found a box of turbo sugar lurking in the cupboard and used 1 kg per TPW wash (the rest was white sugar) until it was gone. it had little bits of carbon in it. Worked fine.
Cheers Carol.

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:38 pm
by jman69
Thankyou all for the replies. Yesterday i put a wash on using bakers yeast and white sugar. next time i will try carols idea, four kilos of white and one kilo of turbo till gone.Then no more turbo stuff ever again. And thaanks again. Happy distilling. :wave:

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:10 pm
by The Stig
What else did you put in there ? Can’t just have sugar, water and yeast

Re: turbo sugar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:21 pm
by jman69
No, of course not. i also put in tomato paste and citric acid. it's bubbling away nicely.