Hi All,
Brew day was today and it started... And then it did not. Luckily I have not poured grains yet, I'm doing a BIAB, full volume mash. I could use help with some inquires at the bottom. Here is my situation and steps I took. --
This is about my 3rd time building a water profile through Brewsmith and my first time using Lactic Acid to lower my Mash PH. In the past I did not worry about these things and let the flavors speak for themselves which for the most part (except for a batch or two) went okay. Now I want to make sure the PH and Gravity readings hit where they are supposed to.
1. I poured 8.25GAL of Distilled water into my 14GAL Kettle. Started to heat to 154.1F.
2. I poured what i thought was 7ml of Lactic acid, which equates to 8.47 Grams on my scale. I only poured 7.84grams to be a little under so I could adjust as needed.
3. I poured my salt additions and started to test my PH levels.
4. I FREAKING BROKE MY PH METER BULB WHILE WIPING TOO ROUGH AND THE BREW CAME TO A HALT. MUST ORDER ONLINE AND WAIT.
5. Taped up the mixed water and placed it aside outside and am waiting until my new PH meter comes in.
I can't really move forward with a PH meter which i just ordered and should get there by tonight.
Here are my questions.
1. Does 7ml of lactic acid seem like too much for 8.25GAL of water?? (I'm probably second guessing the software for no reason, but let me know if that sounds like a lot)
2. Does it even matter to check PH level this early? (aiming for Mash PH of 5.2) Should I wait until after dough in to get a proper reading? If so, how long after dough in, 10 mins okay?
3. I taped up outside lid of heated water mixed with lactic acid and salt additions, any issues if I leave that outside at cool 50 degree temp until tomorrow when i finish the mash? -- It is sealed up pretty good, but I just want to make sure the chemistry does not change after couple hours or so and I should just dump the water and try again or something.
Thanks in advance for your help. Hoping to have this done tomorrow.
Here is my beer profile for Blond Ale I am attempting :
Brew day was today and it started... And then it did not. Luckily I have not poured grains yet, I'm doing a BIAB, full volume mash. I could use help with some inquires at the bottom. Here is my situation and steps I took. --
This is about my 3rd time building a water profile through Brewsmith and my first time using Lactic Acid to lower my Mash PH. In the past I did not worry about these things and let the flavors speak for themselves which for the most part (except for a batch or two) went okay. Now I want to make sure the PH and Gravity readings hit where they are supposed to.
1. I poured 8.25GAL of Distilled water into my 14GAL Kettle. Started to heat to 154.1F.
2. I poured what i thought was 7ml of Lactic acid, which equates to 8.47 Grams on my scale. I only poured 7.84grams to be a little under so I could adjust as needed.
3. I poured my salt additions and started to test my PH levels.
4. I FREAKING BROKE MY PH METER BULB WHILE WIPING TOO ROUGH AND THE BREW CAME TO A HALT. MUST ORDER ONLINE AND WAIT.
5. Taped up the mixed water and placed it aside outside and am waiting until my new PH meter comes in.
I can't really move forward with a PH meter which i just ordered and should get there by tonight.
Here are my questions.
1. Does 7ml of lactic acid seem like too much for 8.25GAL of water?? (I'm probably second guessing the software for no reason, but let me know if that sounds like a lot)
2. Does it even matter to check PH level this early? (aiming for Mash PH of 5.2) Should I wait until after dough in to get a proper reading? If so, how long after dough in, 10 mins okay?
3. I taped up outside lid of heated water mixed with lactic acid and salt additions, any issues if I leave that outside at cool 50 degree temp until tomorrow when i finish the mash? -- It is sealed up pretty good, but I just want to make sure the chemistry does not change after couple hours or so and I should just dump the water and try again or something.
Thanks in advance for your help. Hoping to have this done tomorrow.
Here is my beer profile for Blond Ale I am attempting :
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