Turfgrass
Well-Known Member
Everything was going well until I checked the ph of the mash. My target using BS3 was 5.4 and that was after the water, salts and acid were added to the program. Double checked my steps by confirming with the YouTube ph tutorial.
I just placed my ph probe under the recirculating spray into the MT and the ph registered in the upper 3’s. Not sure what this did to my now fermenting wort. Afterwards I checked on the BF software and it confirmed a ph of 3.87 and that didn’t include any acid additions. The recipe was for a milk stout which included English Pale Chocolate and Carafa 3.
Is BS3 that far off? How could I have corrected this mistake in the mash? How could I have raised the ph prior to brewing? Adding gypsum and epsom salt to create custom water profile didn’t help. Thanks again .
I just placed my ph probe under the recirculating spray into the MT and the ph registered in the upper 3’s. Not sure what this did to my now fermenting wort. Afterwards I checked on the BF software and it confirmed a ph of 3.87 and that didn’t include any acid additions. The recipe was for a milk stout which included English Pale Chocolate and Carafa 3.
Is BS3 that far off? How could I have corrected this mistake in the mash? How could I have raised the ph prior to brewing? Adding gypsum and epsom salt to create custom water profile didn’t help. Thanks again .