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Thx lads,

Just the cuts I have to figure out, I don't have a really good snifter, after a chemical spill when I was a young bloke.

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Rumdog wrote:I don't have a really good snifter, after a chemical spill when I was a young bloke.

Mix small samples from each jar with water, probably best to go 2 parts water 1 part whats come out of the still. if your beak doesnt work that well you could go by taste. Tails should be easy to taste, a rank musty kinda taste. Heads will have more burn to it. Might help to give the gob a rinse between tastes.

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Do you blokes mix the same amount of water for cutting tests, be it one or two parts, regardless of spirit strength down the line? :think:

Hey lads! I think mine is finished fermenting and I still haven't done a vinegar or goon run on my still yet. For clearing do I just leave it in the fermenter as is? I popped that bobby thing in and it's nearly up to the 10 line. The smell of the stuff packs a helluva punch :ymsick:

Hi LoR,
Just leave it in the fermenter and the hydrometer ( little bobby thing) in the wash, you want it to read just under 10. say 990 or .99 or something like that. It doesnt need to be spot on, a few days in the cool air will help it to clear then run it.
As for the smell, if it burned the back of your nose, thats just the co2 the wash gives off :handgestures-thumbupleft: ( which probably means its still fermenting a bit)

res wrote:Do you blokes mix the same amount of water for cutting tests, be it one or two parts, regardless of spirit strength down the line? :think:

with a pot still i would recommend half and half- so it would be about 35-40%.

aloveofrunning wrote:Hey lads! I think mine is finished fermenting and I still haven't done a vinegar or goon run on my still yet. For clearing do I just leave it in the fermenter as is? I popped that bobby thing in and it's nearly up to the 10 line. The smell of the stuff packs a helluva punch :ymsick:

it will probably ferment out a tiny bit more. with TPW it will go below the 1.00 line
For clearing a TPW I would just recommend leaving it, give it time and the yeast will go out of suspension (they buzz around the liquid, and metabolise the sugar etc) they go to sleep and sink to the bottom. They tomato paste also sinks to the bottom. the long you leave it the more that sinks.

Ooooo so it's close! So excited. I am def going to buy a few more fermenters if this goes well and I decide it's my kind of thing. I was talking to my friend who actually started the bug for me about my TPW and he just said to use turbo wash because it's faster and tastes the same. I just said ok then, we'll have to see when I finish a batch ;-)


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aloveofrunning wrote:Ooooo so it's close! So excited. I am def going to buy a few more fermenters if this goes well and I decide it's my kind of thing. I was talking to my friend who actually started the bug for me about my TPW and he just said to use turbo wash because it's faster and tastes the same. I just said ok then, we'll have to see when I finish a batch ;-)


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The two turbos I did tasted shocking without carbon filtering, the TPW was much nicer without filtering than the turbo was after filtering. Feel free to try and then compare the two, I was amazed

Muppet wrote:The two turbos I did tasted shocking without carbon filtering, the TPW was much nicer without filtering than the turbo was after filtering. Feel free to try and then compare the two, I was amazed

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While you compare the flavours with your friend, tell them how much the TPW cost you ;-)

:text-lol: knowing him he has already happened upon this thread and seen all this >.<
And if he hasn't then I'm going to knock his socks off with my end result. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Mixing up 100L TPW ( 4 x 25L ), got some EC1118 yeast, @ $3.50 / 5gms I'm hoping I don't need 80gms per fermentor?

How much EC1118 yeast should I add per 25L wash?

Fatherjack wrote:Mixing up 100L TPW ( 4 x 25L ), got some EC1118 yeast, @ $3.50 / 5gms I'm hoping I don't need 80gms per fermentor?

How much EC1118 yeast should I add per 25L wash?

I haven't used that yeast yet Fj but may be just make up a 2 ltr starter and divide it between your 4 fermentors .

gonna try 5gms / 25L

yeah look it should be ok with the suitable conditions, its just going to take longer to colonize before it starts fermenting . Make sure you aerate the wash well first :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I used 20 gram for a 75 litre wash

Hey guys just got onto the tpw. First one through my reflux next week. Problem
Is I've got 15 odd kg of dextrose left over from a bulk bag I recently brought. Can I run
Dextrose instead of sugar of run it out with turbo be better?

Dextrose will work fine in a TPW... It's by no means necessary though.

Sweet. I'll use it up then woollies Aussie sugar is the go

Dusty_ben wrote:Sweet. I'll use it up then woollies Aussie sugar is the go

Aldi if you have one is probley cheaper $1.69 for 2 kg