Brushwood Brewing
Cast your bread upon the waters
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Given that I used to have "Chemist" in my job title (many years ago!), I'm embarrassed to ask, but:
I'm going to try making hop water for the first time. For food safety, I want to add citric acid to get the pH to around 3.5. I will be starting with my own unfiltered well water.
How much citric acid (in grams or teaspoons) should I add per 1 gallon of water to reach 3.5 pH?
(I know that the starting pH of well water varies, and will affect how much acid to add. I'm just looking for a ballpark amount to get started, and then will adjust as necessary from there using pH strips.)
Thank you in advance.
I'm going to try making hop water for the first time. For food safety, I want to add citric acid to get the pH to around 3.5. I will be starting with my own unfiltered well water.
How much citric acid (in grams or teaspoons) should I add per 1 gallon of water to reach 3.5 pH?
(I know that the starting pH of well water varies, and will affect how much acid to add. I'm just looking for a ballpark amount to get started, and then will adjust as necessary from there using pH strips.)
Thank you in advance.