I agree. Happy not to see this dude ever again.

George seems to have gotten cranky in more recent vids. Probably chillin out 😎 I don't mind this dude at all - just needs to annunciate a little clearer.

It will work either way Zak. Transferring it first is more efficient. George

Will do!

You are correct, in my experience I’ve had success either way.

The whole bag is usually the requirement. Your bag of turbo yeast is probably about 4 ounces or so. Most of that is diamonium phosphate and nutrients with less then 1 ounce of yeast. Use the whole thing. Good luck and happy distilling George

@@BarleyandHopsBrewing Thank you very much. It's now fermenting!! Lets see how this turns out.

Turbo carbon is messy and designed to go in during fermentation. If you are already fermenting don't add this.

@@BarleyandHopsBrewing Thank you.

Honestly I would still run some turbo clear. Mainly because the clearer your wash is the more pure your product is. But, if you’re happy with your results; well as George says, “if it makes you giggle do it as often as you can!”

Thank you for that and keep up the great work

continue to use the turbo wash.. no matter what

Thank you for that

Don't waste money on turbo clear. Use Lalvin EC-1118 yeast and rack it off when it's done fermenting, then use a little gelatin finings and let it sit 24 hours and rack it again. Cheap as can be and probably even clearer than this video shows. Turbo clear is only worth it if you're using turbo yeast, but turbo yeast has an unpleasant ester profile to it, so if you're not refluxing all the way to 93% or so, your product is going to taste off. Lalvin EC-1118 will take you to 18% if you take care of it, the extra 2% you'll get with turbo yeast isn't worth the trouble.

Since it is oil based it will rise to the surface and sit there. This is good for anti-foaming but not for anti scorching.

Turbo 24

That's why you have to clear it so much. Turbo24 doesn't flocculate. Something like Lalvin EC-1118 will get you close to 18% and flocculates to the bottom really well. If you can cold crash it to 40f or so, you won't even need to rack it more than once and I think the flavor is much better, (it's also much cheaper). Turbo24 and derivatives was made for fuel, so unless you're making fuel it's not so great for flavors.

It won't be long. It's been a busy few weeks and I am getting ready to shoot and post a few more this week.

@@BarleyandHopsBrewing Ok I thought I had missed them since they were filmed a year ago. Thanks.

no

Never have.

@@BarleyandHopsBrewing OK thank you.

That is a high gravity. Give it a few more days to see what happens. Obviously it is fermenting but now we need to wait to see. George

if its not really sticky anymore but the gravity is 1170.. does that mean its unfermentable sugars thats in the wash?

Not sure. Try stirring it up to ensure all the sugar has melted and is not just sitting on the bottom. Only three days of fermenting is not enough. Leave it at least 7 days and test it again. it should be just fine. George

i sure all sugar melted..the water was 200f and i stired it for 20 min.. just dont understand why its not sticky with that high a gravity still.. but it was some really cheap white table sugar..tho.. ok thanks

Make sure your PH levels are in the 4.5ish range and you're feeding it enough nutrient. The best way to run that wash would be to put your sugar and nutrient in it half at a time, waiting about 5 days before you add the rest of it. That'll give the yeast time to process the first batch of sugar, and then when you add the second half after they've been working on it they'll be alot happier. You can get a cheap PH meter on amazon for 30 bucks or so. If you need to adjust PH, it's likely because it's too low. For that use calcium carbonate. That'll regulate PH where you need it with no real off flavors. Use about a half teaspoon per gallon of wash. You can't put too much because it'll fall out and get taken back into solution as it needs to maintain around a 4.5. This is called a 'buffer'.

Down here in Texas table sugar runs about $.65/lb. I sell corn sugar for $1.20/lb. However, when you look at the overall cost for the two batches the table sugar batch cost about $23 and the corn sugar batch was about $31. So about a $8 difference. Well worth it in my opinion.

Barley and Hops brewing, LLC 2.0. Thanks I’m just starting I will have to try corn sugar soon

I've never had much success with sparkolloid. Turbo clear has always proved reliable.

You would be straining it instead of filtering but yes.

Hi Terryray. The answer is No (unfortunately). The yeast is so fine goes straight through the cheesecloth. If you found a filter fine enough (like the filterbrite systems), it still wouldn't be worth doing as the amount of yeast in the wash is huge & would clog a filter VERY quickly.

Honestly I don’t know. We bought it from our local supermarket.

Thanks

Working on it right now. Should have one out tonight. George

Barley and Hops Brewing. Thanks! I love your videos and have learned alot from you over the years. You kinda took over teaching me (with more of a scientific side) after my grandfather passed.

Michael, I am sorry for your loss and feel honored to be considered in the same category. Thank you so much for the compliment. George

Barley and Hops Brewing. No problem.

Hi I've put up 3 five gallon wash 1 bucket with destilled water 1 bucket with rain water and 1 bucket of my well water all buckets have 17 to 20 lbs of sugar each bucket has one 8.6 oz of ferm fast yeast which is a 5 gal mix for %20 .the distilled and we'll water are working slow the rain water is working fast all started around%20 range . ? Why does some work slow I've had to throw out some before that stopped working all together.