Chris79
Well-Known Member
I'm looking to start using brewing salts to adjust my mash ph.
From some reading I've done in one of Gordon Strong and John Palmer's books, I can raise my mash ph with calcium carbonate and lower it with calcium sulphate or calcium chloride.
Would you use those brewing salts to do this? I'm just thinking of testing this with ph paper strips for now.
After testing to see what the mash ph is first of all, when do you add the salts? At the beginning of the mash or do you wait for 5-10 min etc for it to start to change?
Does the ph typically decrease during the mash?
Cheers
Chris
From some reading I've done in one of Gordon Strong and John Palmer's books, I can raise my mash ph with calcium carbonate and lower it with calcium sulphate or calcium chloride.
Would you use those brewing salts to do this? I'm just thinking of testing this with ph paper strips for now.
After testing to see what the mash ph is first of all, when do you add the salts? At the beginning of the mash or do you wait for 5-10 min etc for it to start to change?
Does the ph typically decrease during the mash?
Cheers
Chris