Hey guys I usually am a lurker but today im throwing my hands up. I have to admit Im stumped and need some help.
I’ll try to keep this short but I attempted this same mash twice and am getting low pH levels off the pH chart for the test strips I have. Lowest is a dark yellow indicating 4.6 but my strips are showing bright yellow the entire way through the mash with recirculating, stiring, etc.
The problem is that after building my water profile in Brunwater it’s telling me that to achieve a pH of ~5.2 I need to add 2.1 ml of lactic acid. I attempted the exact same recipe a week ago and Brewfather said I needed over 7ml for my 7 gals if strike water. I put in 5mL on that 1st batch figuring that I could always add more. Well it was bright yellow. I decided to do the exact same mash again this evening and use brunwater and not add any acid and just see where I was at 15 min after mashing in… again bright friggen yellow (under 4.6?!)
Im brewing a SMaSH using
11lbs of Weyerman floor-malted bohemian pilsner with 7 gallons of strike water.
Water profile is distilled water with the following water additions
3.5grams of calcium chloride
.6 grams of gypsum
.6 grams of magnesium chloride.
Both brunwater and brewfather are saying I need to add acid but clearly my mash is extremely acidic already. Tonight when I saw it happening again I decided to put 7 grams of calcium carbonate in.. incrementally into the mash and there is not the slightest/noticible change in pH.
Im really pretty disheartened here.. can’t figure out why my mash water is so acidic.
I’ll try to keep this short but I attempted this same mash twice and am getting low pH levels off the pH chart for the test strips I have. Lowest is a dark yellow indicating 4.6 but my strips are showing bright yellow the entire way through the mash with recirculating, stiring, etc.
The problem is that after building my water profile in Brunwater it’s telling me that to achieve a pH of ~5.2 I need to add 2.1 ml of lactic acid. I attempted the exact same recipe a week ago and Brewfather said I needed over 7ml for my 7 gals if strike water. I put in 5mL on that 1st batch figuring that I could always add more. Well it was bright yellow. I decided to do the exact same mash again this evening and use brunwater and not add any acid and just see where I was at 15 min after mashing in… again bright friggen yellow (under 4.6?!)
Im brewing a SMaSH using
11lbs of Weyerman floor-malted bohemian pilsner with 7 gallons of strike water.
Water profile is distilled water with the following water additions
3.5grams of calcium chloride
.6 grams of gypsum
.6 grams of magnesium chloride.
Both brunwater and brewfather are saying I need to add acid but clearly my mash is extremely acidic already. Tonight when I saw it happening again I decided to put 7 grams of calcium carbonate in.. incrementally into the mash and there is not the slightest/noticible change in pH.
Im really pretty disheartened here.. can’t figure out why my mash water is so acidic.