jmureiko
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Hey everyone, I'm attempting to take my mead making skills to the next level by much more closely monitoring pH during the first few days of fermentation. Following Ken Schramm's advice to raise a must pH below 3.5 (mine was 3.3 24 hrs after pitching the yeast at 3.7) to 3.8ish, I added some potassium bicarbonate, approximately 1/8 tsp. since this is a half gallon test batch. Within about 2 seconds, it started spewing up like a volcano and I had to to plug it up while I ran outside to keep it from going everywhere!
I didn't lose but maybe 1 oz. and it brought it up to 3.6, so I left it there.
My question is, How do you add some kind of base to an acidic environment without getting little volcanoes? Should I mix it with water first? Thanks!
I didn't lose but maybe 1 oz. and it brought it up to 3.6, so I left it there.
My question is, How do you add some kind of base to an acidic environment without getting little volcanoes? Should I mix it with water first? Thanks!