Went to the lhbs to get some yeast today so I can brew tomorrow and came home with like $20 worth of stuff.
Anyways in an effort to increase my efficiency I was going to start messing with the pH of the mash. I know my tap water is very hard so I'm betting I'm no where near the 5.2-5.8 range I need. So I bought some litnus(sp?) strips and since they didn't have any 5.2 buffer, I bought this acid blend thing and I'm not sure that this is it's intended use so I figured I'd post here. The acid blend is sold under the ID carlson brand and it says it's a blend of citric, malic and tartaric acid. For the price I figured I'd buy it and see, since I drove 20mins in the snow anyways.
The other sweet buy I got was a pound of nugget for 9.99. Seemed like a good price. And I can use them as bittering hops in my stouts and whatnot I figured.
Anyways in an effort to increase my efficiency I was going to start messing with the pH of the mash. I know my tap water is very hard so I'm betting I'm no where near the 5.2-5.8 range I need. So I bought some litnus(sp?) strips and since they didn't have any 5.2 buffer, I bought this acid blend thing and I'm not sure that this is it's intended use so I figured I'd post here. The acid blend is sold under the ID carlson brand and it says it's a blend of citric, malic and tartaric acid. For the price I figured I'd buy it and see, since I drove 20mins in the snow anyways.
The other sweet buy I got was a pound of nugget for 9.99. Seemed like a good price. And I can use them as bittering hops in my stouts and whatnot I figured.
