Bruer
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
It's Sunday brew day. I'm making one of BrewDog's recipes - #101 cocoa psycho. I just realised it has a HUGE proportion of roasted grains for a 20L batch (130g dark crystal, 1.25kg black malt and 1.5kg roasted barley). It also has 6.9 kg pale, 1kg wheat malt and 500g smoked malt. I don't normally tinker with the mash pH - but I'm guessing that all this dark roasted goodness is going to affect the mash PH and potentially drop it too low.
My question is if it drops really low, can I bump it back up with some crushed drawing chalk (white obviously) or should I just let it go. Being Sunday and in Perth there are no HBS that are open within a 45 minute drive. That said, if I go do it then will, but just keen for a lazy brew day.
Cheers
It's Sunday brew day. I'm making one of BrewDog's recipes - #101 cocoa psycho. I just realised it has a HUGE proportion of roasted grains for a 20L batch (130g dark crystal, 1.25kg black malt and 1.5kg roasted barley). It also has 6.9 kg pale, 1kg wheat malt and 500g smoked malt. I don't normally tinker with the mash pH - but I'm guessing that all this dark roasted goodness is going to affect the mash PH and potentially drop it too low.
My question is if it drops really low, can I bump it back up with some crushed drawing chalk (white obviously) or should I just let it go. Being Sunday and in Perth there are no HBS that are open within a 45 minute drive. That said, if I go do it then will, but just keen for a lazy brew day.
Cheers