Wellsy wrote:Pretty close Grantb
You are best of racking into another vessel , not your still, as the point of racking is to let the wash settle and the small particles sink to the bottom so they don’t scorch when put into the still. Then when you transfer the racked wash to the still you leave that sediment behind. If you do it all in the still the point of racking is not achieved. I hope that makes sense.
I will use my hot backset to dissolve my sugar when doing generations. The key of course is patience as if you tip the dissolved sugar and backset into the fermenter remains when it is too hot, above 35 degrees , you risk killing the yeast. Of course this is fixed by adding more yeast as you suggested mate.
Hope that helps
bluc wrote:Ph :handgestures-thumbupleft: add some calcium carbonate. Your better off adding this each gen at start rather then "rescuing" the wash with it...
howard wrote:sounds like a PH problem.
backset & dunder are usually low PH/acidic so, especially when doing generations, it's a good idea to check PH levels before pitching yeast.
what % backset are you using?
GrantB wrote:bluc wrote:Ph :handgestures-thumbupleft: add some calcium carbonate. Your better off adding this each gen at start rather then "rescuing" the wash with it...
Thanks for the tip. How much calcium carbonate should I use?
bluc wrote:GrantB wrote:bluc wrote:Ph :handgestures-thumbupleft: add some calcium carbonate. Your better off adding this each gen at start rather then "rescuing" the wash with it...
Thanks for the tip. How much calcium carbonate should I use?
Have not done sugar head for while but used to use cup shell grit in 200l wash.(stockfeed store boil or bake first) :handgestures-thumbupleft:
If your having issues at 18% on gen three I would dial it right back to 5% . At 5% you should be able squeeze 10-15gens before issues.
Are you replacing some grain each gen? That helps stop ph crash too...
bluc wrote:Taking it out is more for less sludge. Adding new adds flavour and buffers the wash(stops ph crash)
chipboy wrote:In the interest of saving us, how much shell grit and on a scientific note did you measure pH? No biggie.
Had the same issue with long ferment and low yield on Gen 2, smelt good however!
chipboy wrote:In the interest of saving us, how much shell grit and on a scientific note did you measure pH? No biggie.
Had the same issue with long ferment and low yield on Gen 2, smelt good however!
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