beervoid
Hophead & Pellet Rubber
So I've had one of my beers come out with a pretty low PH post fermentation.
I adjust my beer down with phosphoric acid so that it goes into the fermenter with a PH of around 5.0
Typical range I usually end up in would be around 4.3 PH but this particular batch fermented with Gy054 went down to 3.85PH.
The only thing different is that I backed down on my brewing salts.. I put less then half I used to put before..
I'm curious to know if this PH of 3.85 is not out of the range?
Also interested to know if soft water might have had something to do with it?
Could it be my phosphoric acid additions where too big and even though I meassured 5.0 going into the fermenter because of my soft water it might have dropped more then expected?
I've just read as well that fermentation speed is important as well, the faster the fermentation the lower the PH.
This particular batch hit FG in 2 days.
Cheers
I adjust my beer down with phosphoric acid so that it goes into the fermenter with a PH of around 5.0
Typical range I usually end up in would be around 4.3 PH but this particular batch fermented with Gy054 went down to 3.85PH.
The only thing different is that I backed down on my brewing salts.. I put less then half I used to put before..
I'm curious to know if this PH of 3.85 is not out of the range?
Also interested to know if soft water might have had something to do with it?
Could it be my phosphoric acid additions where too big and even though I meassured 5.0 going into the fermenter because of my soft water it might have dropped more then expected?
I've just read as well that fermentation speed is important as well, the faster the fermentation the lower the PH.
This particular batch hit FG in 2 days.
Cheers
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