There has to be a better and more accurate way to measure lactic Acid than what I have been doing. I have a pipette and bulb, which work well for drawing the fluid out of the bottle, but the amounts I add are hard to discern on the pipettes that I have, and it is apparently beyond my ability to keep the bulb pressure steady so as to keep the right amount in the pipette once I think I have it. The consequence is that I am sure my volumes of Lactic Acid are inaccurate and way too variable.
I have in mind that there must be a small vial-like thing that has the tenths of milliliter measurement marks (my last brew required .7 of a milliliter) on the side so I can use the pipette to draw and the vial to measure and deliver to the mash. Is there such a thing? What is it called and where can I get one? maybe there is a better way - if so, what?
A pipette pump and some 2mL pipettes makes this stuff super easy. You stick the pipette on the bottom and draw liquid in using the wheel which moves a plunger. The plunger stays put on its own.
88% Lactic acid weighs ~ 1.21g/ml so if you have a scale it’s easy to convert the ml needed to grams. I used to convert to tsp as reverseapachemaster mentioned and had good luck that way too.
The only trick to using the scale is to pour slowly so you don’t overshoot. Works great though.
