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Of course you'll be howled down as that is not evidence. It's a blog FFS. Do you even understand what evidence is? Your confirmation bias is impressive. It's like arguing with my 5yo daughter.

The pause is related to Wobblys intelligence. It paused at the age of 6. Confirmation bias plus lacking the basic ability to understand the request from many of us to provide some evidence. You would fit in well with the 'Democratic Australians' Facebook page I'm currently having debates with.

Excellent, another member with no clue of the scientific process. Is climate change a done deal? Of course, not. Scientists are constantly feeding new data in to the models to reassess. It would be amazing if we came up with the data that showed it was wrong but on the current overwhelming...

Seasol is not a fertiliser. The NPK is 0.1/0.01/1.8%. That's almost homeopathic! If you want to actually boost growth then things like Dynamic Lifter and Blood and bone are great for actually getting nitrogen into your plants. These are both slow release products. A product sold by Seasol...

Tempted but not enough to make an enquiry.

I'm yet to taste a good Prancing Pony beer (so much diacetyl/infection issues) and have stopped altogether after they tried to kill me with an exploding bottle (which was my own fault apparently due to storage and not theirs despite the fact the remaining bottles were all gushers - wonderful...

The brewery has been upgraded not that long ago, with a new shed built to house it and if my memory serves, a bottling line installed. It has a good following locally, the pizzas are the stuff of legend. Mmmmm, Zorba the sheep and a pint of Black Betty. Over priced? Not sure what people know...

Apologies PoN, it wasn't a crack at you but at a general approach to brewing on this forum and others where people rely on a spreadsheet to come up with what is a very important aspect of brewing. Very few people measure it. 4/5ths of FA understand it. There are plenty of very good books on this...

I agree. I think mash pH is rarely a problem for any brewer as so few actually measure it, instead relying on a calculated value. Those that do use handheld meters or strips that are marginally better than using your finger to measure pH. Also, it is vastly more important to get your efficient...

This i don't understand. How do you know if you have a mash pH problem if you don't measure it?

I personally can't stand S04, adds very few esters but mutes hop flavour and aroma when compared to US05. If you really want to brew now I'd add a dry hop after fermentation if using S04.

What was the pH before you added the gypsum and lactic acid?

As already mentioned, PMS is potassium metabisulfite. I treat my wine barrels as....... wine barrels. And yes, the beer gets kegged. What sort of beer snob doesn't want barrel aged RIS on tap? I don't bottle as I don't have a sadomasochistic tendency.

I've got 2 ex-Yalumba octaves currently full of RIS and Imperial Rauchbier. I store them full of beer during the cooler months with a small dose of PMS (50mg/L). They get emptied late Spring, high pressure hot washed at a local winery, then stored with a concentrated sulfite holding solution...

Rhizomes are now all sold.

Grammar and punctuation would help too. Edit - directed at Wobbly. Pre-coffee phone replies on this app......

Particularly given mash pH is predicted, not measured. If you think mash pH may be the problem the simplest thing to do is to measure it. I'm still astounded by how many people take these predictors as gospel rather than actually measuring pH themselves. Edit - if a piece of software predicts...

We call them Doctors not naturopaths. Alt med that works is simply medicine.

How do you have a negative concentration of bicarbonates?

I take it you've never studied science? There is no evidence i make good beer, only opinion.